A    ^noteAnd þe; pharises came togedder vnto him ∧ dyvers of þe; scribes which came from Ierusalem. And wh&ebar; they sawe certayne of his disciples eate breed &wt; c&obar;men hond&es; (that is to saye / ^note &wt; vnwesshen hond&es;) they c&obar;playned. For the pharises and all the Iewes / excepte they washe their hond&es; ofte / eate not observinge the tradicions of the elders. And wh&ebar; they come from the market / except they washe / they eate not. And many other thing&es; ther be / which they have taken apon them to observe / as the wasshinge of cuppes and cruses / and of brasen vessels / and of tables.

B   Then axed him the pharises ∧ srib&es; / why walke not thy disciples accordinge to þe; tradicions of the elders / but eate breede with vnweshen hondes? He answered and sayde vnto them: ^note well prophesied Esaias of you ypocrites / as it is writt&ebar;: This people honoreth me with their lyppes / but their hert is farre from me: In vayne they worshippe me / teachinge doctryns which are nothinge but þe; c&obar;maundementes of men. For ye laye the commaundement

of God aparte / ∧ observe the tradicions of men / as the wesshinge of cruses and of cuppes / and many other suche lyke thing&es; ye do.

^noteAnd he sayde vnto them: well / ye cast asyde the c&obar;maundement of God / to mayntayne youre owne tradici&obar;s. For Moses sayde: Honoure thy father ∧ thy mother: ∧ whosoever cursseth father or mother / let him dye for it. But ye saye: a man shall saye to father or mother Corban: which is: that thou desyrest of me to helpe the with / is geven God. And so ye soffre him no more to do ought for his father or his mother / makinge the worde of God of none effecte / through youre awne tradicions which ye have ordeyned. And many soche thinges ye do.

C   And he called all the people vnto him / ∧ sayde vnto them: ^note Herken vnto me / every one of you ∧ vnderstonde. ^noteThere is no thinge with out a man that can defyle him when it entreth into him: but thoo thinges which procede out of him are those which defyle þe; man. If eny man have eares to heare / let him heare And wh&ebar; he came to house awaye fr&obar; the people / his disciples axed him of the similitude. And he sayd vnto th&ebar;: Are ye so without vnderstondinge? Do ye not yet perceave / þt; whatsoever thinge from &wt; out entreth into a man / it can not defyle him / because it entrith not in to his hert / but into þe; belly: ^note and goeth out into the draught that porgeth oute all meates.

And he sayde: þt; defileth a m&abar; which cometh oute of a man. For fr&obar; &wt; in / even oute of the

herte of men / proceade evill thoughtes: advantry / fornicacion / murder / theeft / coveteousnes / wickednes / diceyte / vnclennes / ∧ a wicked eye / blasphemy / pryde / folysshnes: all these evyll thinges come from with in / and defile a man.

^noteAnd from thence he rose ∧ went into þe; borders of Tyre ∧ Sidon / ∧ entred into an housse / ∧ wolde that no man shnld have knowen: But he coulde not be hyd. For a certayne wom&abar; whose doughter had a foule sprete hearde of him / ∧ came ∧ fell at his fete. The woman was a Greke oute of Syrophenicia / ^note ∧ she besought him þt; he wolde caste out þe; devyll oute of her doughter. And Iesus sayde vnto her: let the chyldren fyrst be feed. For it is not mete / to take the chyldr&ebar;s breed / ∧ to caste it vnto whelpp&es;. She answered and sayde vnto him: even soo master / neverthelesse / the whelppes also eate vnder the table of the chyldrens cromes. And he sayde vnto her: for this sayinge goo thy waye / the devyll is gone out of thy doughter. And when she was come home to her housse / she founde the devyll departed / and her doughter lyinge on the beed.

D    ^note&cross2; And he departed agayne from the coostes of Tyre ∧ Sidon / ∧ came vnto the see of Galile thorowe þe; midd&es; of the coostos of þe; .x. cities. ^noteAnd they brought vnto him one þt; was deffe ∧ stambred in his speche / ∧ prayde him to laye his honde apon him. And he toke him asyde from þe; people / ∧ put his fyngers in his eares / ∧ dyd spyt ∧ touched his tounge / and loked vp to heven and sygthed / and sayde vnto

him: ephatha / that is to saye / be openned. And streyght waye his eares were openned / and the stringe of his tounge was loosed / ∧ he spake playne. And he c&obar;maunded them that they shuld tell no man. But the more he forbad them / soo moche the more a greate deale they publesshed it: and were beyonde measure astonyed / sayinge: ^note He hath done all thing&es; well / and hath made booth the deffe to heare / ∧ the d&obar;me to speake. &cross3;

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