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Diatessaron

Tatian, ANF 9

And Jesus knew within himself that his disciples were murmuring because of a that, and he…

And Jesus knew within himself that his disciples were murmuring because of a that, and he said unto them, Doth this trouble you? 2What if ye should see the Son of man then ascend to the place where he was of old? 3It is the spirit that quickeneth, and the body profiteth nothing: the words¹ that I speak unto you are spirit and life. 4But there are some of you that do not believe. And Jesus knew beforehand who they were who should² not believe, and who it was that should betray him. 5And he said unto them, Therefore I said unto you, No man can come unto me, if that hath not been given him by the Father.

And because of this word many of his disciples turned back and walked not with him. 7And Jesus said unto the twelve, Do ye haply also wish to go away? 8Simon Cephas answered and said, My Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. 9And we have believed and known that thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God. 10Jesus said unto them, Did not I choose you, ye company of the twelve, and of you one is a devil? 11He said that because of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot; for he, being of the twelve, was purposed to³ betray him.

And while he was speaking, one of the Pharisees came asking of him that he would eat with him: and he went in, and reclined to meat. 13And that Pharisee, when he saw it,⁴ marvelled that he had not first cleansed himself before his eating. 14Jesus said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees wash the outside of the cup and the dish, and ye think that ye are cleansed; but your inside is full of injustice and wickedness.

Ye of little mind, did not he that made the outside make the inside? 16Now give what ye have⁵ in alms, and everything shall be clean unto you.

And there came to him Pharisees and scribes, come from Jerusalem. 18And when they saw some of his disciples eating bread while they had not washed their hands, they found fault. 19For all of the Jews and the Pharisees, if they wash not their hands thoroughly, 20eat not; for they held⁶ to the ordinance⁷ of the elders. And they ate not what was bought from the market, except they washed it; and many other things did they keep of what they had received, such as the washing of cups, and measures, and vessels of brass, and couches. 21And scribes⁸ and Pharisees asked him, Why do thy disciples not walk according to the ordinances of the elders, but eat bread without washing their hands? 22Jesus answered and said unto them, Why do ye also overstep the command of God by reason of your ordinance? 23God said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whosoever revileth his father and his mother shall surely die. 24But ye say, If a man say to his father or to his mother, What thou receivest⁹ from me is an offering,—25and ye¹⁰ suffer him not to do anything for his father or his mother; 26and ye¹¹ make void and reject the word of God by reason of the ordinance that ye have ordained and commanded, such as the washing of cups and measures, and what resembles that ye do much. 27And ye forsook the command of God, and held to the ordinance of men. 28Do¹² ye well to wrong¹³ the command of God in order that ye may establish your ordinance? 29Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah the prophet prophesy concerning you, and say,

This people honoureth me with its¹⁴ lips;

But their heart is very far from me.

But in vain do they fear me,

In that they teach the commands of men.

And Jesus called all the multitude, and said unto them. Hear me, all of you, and understand: 33nothing without the man, which then enters him, is able to defile him; but what goeth out of him, that it is which defileth the man. 34He that hath ears that hear, let him hear. 35Then his disciples drew near, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees which heard this word were angry? 36He answered and said unto them, Every plant which my Father which is in heaven planted not shall be uprooted. 37Let them alone; for they are blind leading blind. And if the blind lead¹⁵ the blind, both of them shall fall into a hollow.

And when Jesus entered the house from the multitude, Simon Cephas asked him, and said unto him, My Lord, explain to us that parable. 39He said unto them, Do ye also thus not understand? Know ye not that everything that entereth into the man from without cannot defile him; 40because it entereth not into his heart; it entereth into his stomach only, and thence is cast forth in the cleansing which maketh clean all the food?¹⁶ 41The thing which goeth forth from the mouth of the man proceedeth from his heart, and it is that which defileth the man. 42From within¹⁷ the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, 43fornication, adultery, theft, false witness, murder, injustice, wickedness, deceit, stupidity, evil eye, calumny, pride, foolishness: 44these evils all of them from within proceed from the heart, and they are the things which defile the man: 45but if a man eat while he washeth not his hands, he is not defiled.

And Jesus went out thence, and came to the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a certain house, and desired that no man should know it;¹⁸ and he could not be hid. 47But straightway a Canaanitish woman, whose daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him. 48And that woman was a Gentile of Emesa of Syria. 49And she came out after him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy upon me, my Lord, thou son of David; for my daughter is seized in an evil way by Satan.¹⁹ 50And he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, and said, Send her away: for she crieth after us. 51He answered and said unto them, I was not sent except to the sheep that are gone astray of the house of Israel. 52But she came and worshipped him, and said, My Lord, help me, have mercy upon me.

Jesus said unto her, It is not seemly that the children’s bread should be taken and thrown to the dogs. But she said, 54Yea, my Lord: the dogs also eat of the crumbs that fall from their masters’ tables, and live. 55Then said Jesus unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: it shall be unto thee as thou hast desired. 56Go then thy way; and because of this word, the devil is gone out of thy daughter. 57And her daughter was healed in that hour. 58And that woman went away to her house, and found her daughter laid upon the bed, and the devil gone out of her.

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