ΤΟ ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ ΑΓΙΟΝ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ

Gospel of Matthew

CHAPTER 15

| 1 | τοτε |  | προσερχονται |  | τω |  | ιησου |  | οι |  | απο |  | ιεροσολυμων |  | γραμματεις |  | και |
|  | Then |  | come |  | ♦ |  | to Jesus |  | the |  | from 4 |  | Jerusalem 5 |  | scribes 1 |  | and 2 |

φαρισαιοι |  | λεγοντες |  |
Pharisees, 3 |  | saying, |  |

| 2 | δια |  | τι |  | οι |  | μαθηται |  | σου |  | παραβαινουσιν |  | την |  | παραδοσιν |  | των
|  | Why |  | ♦ |  | disciples 3 |  | your 2 |  | transgress 1 |  | the |  | tradition |  | of the |  | elders?

| πρεσβυτερων |  | ου |  | γαρ |  | νιπτονται |  | τας |  | χειρας |  | αυτων |  | οταν |  | αρτον |  |
| not 4 |  | for 1 |  | they 2 wash 3 |  | their hands |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | when |  | bread |  | they eat. |  |

| 3 | ο |  | δε |  | αποκριθεις |  | ειπεν |  | αυτοις |  | δια |  | τι |  | και |  | υμεις |  | παραβαινετε |
|  | But he |  | ♦ |  | answering |  | said |  | to them, |  | Why |  | also 3 |  | ye 2 |  | transgress 1 |  | the |

την |  | εντολην |  | του |  | θεου |  | δια |  | την |  | παραδοσιν |  |
commandment |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | on account of |  | your tradition? |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 4 | ο |  | γαρ |  | θεος |  | ενετειλατο |  | λεγων |  | τιμα |  | τον |  | πατερα |  | σου |  | και |  | την |
|  | ♦ |  | For |  | God |  | commanded, |  | saying, |  | Honour |  | thy father |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | ♦ |

μητερα |  | και |  | ο |  | κακολογων |  | πατερα |  | η |  | μητερα |  | θανατω |  | τελευτατω |  |
mother; |  | and, |  | He who |  | speaks evil of |  | father |  | or |  | mother, |  | by death |  | let him die. |  |

| 5 | υμεις |  | δε |  | λεγετε |  | ος |  | αν |  | ειπη |  | τω |  | πατρι |  | η |  | τη |  | μητρι |  | δωρον |  | ο |
|  | But ye |  | ♦ |  | say, |  | Whoever |  | ♦ |  | shall say |  | ♦ |  | to father |  | or |  | ♦ |  | mother, |  | [It is] a gift |  | whatever |

εαν |  | εξ |  | εμου |  | ωφεληθης |  |
♦ |  | by |  | me |  | thou mightest be profited--: |  |

| 6 | και |  | ου |  | μη |  | τιμηση |  | τον |  | πατερα |  | αυτου |  | η |  | την |  | μητερα |  | αυτου |
|  | and |  | in no wise |  | ♦ |  | honour |  | his father |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | or |  | his mother: |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

και |  | ηκυρωσατε |  | την |  | εντολην |  | του |  | θεου |  | δια |  | την |  | παραδοσιν |  | υμων
and |  | ye made void |  | the |  | commandment |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | on account of |  | ♦ |  | tradition 2 |  | your. 1

| 7 | υποκριται |  | καλως |  | προεφητευσεν |  | περι |  | υμων |  | ησαιας |  | λεγων |  |
|  | Hypocrites! |  | well |  | prophesied |  | concerning |  | you |  | Esaias, |  | saying, |  |

| 8 | εγγιζει |  | μοι |  | ο |  | λαος |  | ουτος |  | τω |  | στοματι |  | αυτων |  | και |  | τοις |
|  | Draws near |  | to me |  | this people |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | with mouth 2 |  | their, 1 |  | and |  | with the lips |

χειλεσιν |  | με |  | τιμα |  | η |  | δε |  | καρδια |  | αυτων |  | πορρω |  | απεχει |  | απ |
♦ |  | me 3 |  | it 1 honours; 2 |  | but their heart |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | far |  | is away |  | from |

εμου |  |
me: |  |

| 9 | ματην |  | δε |  | σεβονται |  | με |  | διδασκοντες |  | διδασκαλιας |  | ενταλματα |
|  | But in vain |  | ♦ |  | they worship |  | me, |  | teaching [as] |  | teachings |  | injuctions |

ανθρωπων |  |
of men. |  |

| 10 | και |  | προσκαλεσαμενος |  | τον |  | οχλον |  | ειπεν |  | αυτοις |  | ακουετε |  | και |  | συνιετε |  |
|  | And |  | having called to [him] |  | the |  | crowd |  | he said |  | to them, |  | Hear |  | and |  | understand! |  |

| 11 | ου |  | το |  | εισερχομενον |  | εις |  | το |  | στομα |  | κοινοι |  | τον |  | ανθρωπον |  | αλλα |
|  | not |  | that which |  | enters |  | into |  | the |  | mouth |  | defiles |  | the |  | man; |  | but |

το |  | εκπορευομενον |  | εκ |  | του |  | στοματος |  | τουτο |  | κοινοι |  | τον |  | ανθρωπον |  |
that which |  | goes forth |  | out of |  | the |  | mouth, |  | this |  | defiles |  | the |  | man. |  |

| 12 | τοτε |  | προσελθοντες |  | οι |  | μαθηται |  | αυτου |  | ειπον |  | αυτω |  | οιδας |
|  | Then |  | having come to [him] |  | his disciples |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | said |  | to him, |  | Knowest thou |

οτι |  | οι |  | φαρισαιοι |  | ακουσαντες |  | τον |  | λογον |  | εσκανδαλισθησαν |  |
that |  | the |  | Pharisees |  | having heard |  | the |  | saying |  | were offended? |  |

| 13 | ο |  | δε |  | αποκριθεις |  | ειπεν |  | πασα |  | φυτεια |  | ην |  | ουκ |  | εφυτευσεν |  | ο |
|  | But he |  | ♦ |  | answering |  | said, |  | Every |  | plant |  | which |  | not 6 |  | has 5 planted 7 |  | my 1 Father 2 |

πατηρ |  | μου |  | ο |  | ουρανιος |  | εκριζωθησεται |  |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | the 3 heavenly, 4 |  | ♦ |  | shall be rooted up. |  |

| 14 | αφετε |  | αυτους |  | οδηγοι |  | εισιν |  | τυφλοι |  | τυφλων |  | τυφλος |  | δε |  | τυφλον |
|  | Leave |  | them; |  | leaders 4 |  | they 1 are 2 |  | blind 3 |  | of blind; |  | blind 3 |  | and 1 |  | blind 5 |

εαν |  | οδηγη |  | αμφοτεροι |  | εις |  | βοθυνον |  | πεσουνται |  |
if 2 |  | lead, 4 |  | both |  | into |  | a pit |  | will fall. |  |

| 15 | αποκριθεις |  | δε |  | ο |  | πετρος |  | ειπεν |  | αυτω |  | φρασον |  | ημιν |  | την |  | παραβολην
|  | And answering |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Peter |  | said |  | to him, |  | Expound |  | to us |  | this parable. |  | ♦

| ταυτην |  |
| ♦ |  |

| 16 | ο |  | δε |  | ιησους |  | ειπεν |  | ακμην |  | και |  | υμεις |  | ασυνετοι |  | εστε |  |
|  | But Jesus |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | said, |  | Still 4 |  | also 3 |  | ye 2 |  | without 5 understanding 6 |  | are? 1 |  |

| 17 | ουπω |  | νοειτε |  | οτι |  | παν |  | το |  | εισπορευομενον |  | εις |  | το |  | στομα |  | εις |
|  | not 3 yet 4 |  | perceive 1 ye 2 |  | that |  | everything |  | which |  | enters |  | into |  | the |  | mouth |  | into |

την |  | κοιλιαν |  | χωρει |  | και |  | εις |  | αφεδρωνα |  | εκβαλλεται |  |
the |  | belly |  | goes, |  | and |  | into |  | [the] draught |  | is cast forth? |  |

| 18 | τα |  | δε |  | εκπορευομενα |  | εκ |  | του |  | στοματος |  | εκ |  | της |  | καρδιας
|  | But the things which, |  | ♦ |  | go forth |  | out of |  | the |  | mouth |  | out of |  | the |  | heart

| εξερχεται |  | κακεινα |  | κοινοι |  | τον |  | ανθρωπον |  |
| come forth, |  | and these |  | defile |  | the |  | man. |  |

| 19 | εκ |  | γαρ |  | της |  | καρδιας |  | εξερχονται |  | διαλογισμοι |  | πονηροι |  | φονοι |
|  | For out of |  | for because |  | the |  | heart |  | come forth |  | reasonings 2 |  | evil, 1 |  | murders, |

μοιχειαι |  | πορνειαι |  | κλοπαι |  | ψευδομαρτυριαι |  | βλασφημιαι |  |
adulteries, |  | fornications, |  | thefts, |  | false-witnessings, |  | blasphemies. |  |

| 20 | ταυτα |  | εστιν |  | τα |  | κοινουντα |  | τον |  | ανθρωπον |  | το |  | δε |
|  | These things |  | are |  | they which |  | defile |  | the |  | man; |  | but the |  | ♦ |

ανιπτοις |  | χερσιν |  | φαγειν |  | ου |  | κοινοι |  | τον |  | ανθρωπον |  |
with 2 unwashed 3 |  | hands 4 |  | eating 1 |  | defiles not |  | ♦ |  | the |  | man. |  |

| 21 | και |  | εξελθων |  | εκειθεν |  | ο |  | ιησους |  | ανεχωρησεν |  | εις |  | τα |  | μερη |  | τυρου |  | και |
|  | And |  | going forth |  | thence |  | ♦ |  | Jesus |  | withdrew |  | to |  | the |  | parts |  | of Tyre |  | and |

σιδωνος |  |
Sidon; |  |

| 22 | και |  | ιδου |  | γυνη |  | χαναναια |  | απο |  | των |  | οριων |  | εκεινων |
|  | and |  | behold, |  | a woman 2 |  | Cananaean 1 |  | from |  | those borders |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

εξελθουσα |  | εκραυγασεν |  | αυτω |  | λεγουσα |  | ελεησον |  | με |  | κυριε |  | υιε |  | δαβιδ |
having come out |  | cried |  | to him, |  | saying, |  | Have pity on |  | me, |  | Lord, |  | Son |  | of David; |

η |  | θυγατηρ |  | μου |  | κακως |  | δαιμονιζεται |  |
my daughter |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | miserably |  | is possessed by a demon. |  |

| 23 | ο |  | δε |  | ουκ |  | απεκριθη |  | αυτη |  | λογον |  | και |  | προσελθοντες |
|  | But he |  | ♦ |  | answered not 2 |  | ♦ |  | her 1 |  | a word. |  | And |  | having come to [him] |

οι |  | μαθηται |  | αυτου |  | ηρωτων |  | αυτον |  | λεγοντες |  | απολυσον |  | αυτην |  | οτι |
his disciples |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | asked |  | him, |  | saying, |  | Dismiss |  | her, |  | for |

κραζει |  | οπισθεν |  | ημων |  |
she cries |  | after |  | us. |  |

| 24 | ο |  | δε |  | αποκριθεις |  | ειπεν |  | ουκ |  | απεσταλην |  | ει |  | μη |  | εις |  | τα |
|  | But he |  | ♦ |  | answering |  | said, |  | I was not sent |  | ♦ |  | except |  | ♦ |  | to |  | the |

προβατα |  | τα |  | απολωλοτα |  | οικου |  | ισραηλ |  |
sheep |  | the |  | lost |  | of [the] house |  | of Israel. |  |

| 25 | η |  | δε |  | ελθουσα |  | προσεκυνει |  | αυτω |  | λεγουσα |  | κυριε |  | βοηθει |  | μοι |  |
|  | But she |  | ♦ |  | having come |  | did homage |  | to him, |  | saying, |  | Lord, |  | help |  | me! |  |

| 26 | ο |  | δε |  | αποκριθεις |  | ειπεν |  | ουκ |  | εστιν |  | καλον |  | λαβειν |  | τον |  | αρτον |  | των |
|  | But he |  | ♦ |  | answering |  | said, |  | Not 3 |  | it 1 is 2 |  | good |  | to take |  | the |  | bread |  | of the |

τεκνων |  | και |  | βαλειν |  | τοις |  | κυναριοις |  |
children, |  | and |  | to cast [it] |  | to the |  | little dogs. |  |

| 27 | η |  | δε |  | ειπεν |  | ναι |  | κυριε |  | και |  | γαρ |  | τα |  | κυναρια |  | εσθιει |  | απο |  | των |  | ψιχιων
|  | But she |  | ♦ |  | said, |  | Yea, |  | Lord: |  | for even |  | ♦ |  | the |  | little dogs |  | eat |  | of |  | the |  | crumbs

| των |  | πιπτοντων |  | απο |  | της |  | τραπεζης |  | των |  | κυριων |  | αυτων |  |
| which |  | fall |  | from |  | the |  | table |  | of their masters. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 28 | τοτε |  | αποκριθεις |  | ο |  | ιησους |  | ειπεν |  | αυτη |  | ω |  | γυναι |  | μεγαλη |  | σου |  | η |  | πιστις |
|  | Then |  | answering |  | ♦ |  | Jesus |  | said |  | to her, |  | O |  | woman, |  | great [is] |  | thy |  | ♦ |  | faith: |

γενηθητω |  | σοι |  | ως |  | θελεις |  | και |  | ιαθη |  | η |  | θυγατηρ |  | αυτης |  | απο |
be it |  | to thee |  | as |  | thou desirest. |  | And |  | was healed |  | her daughter |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | from |

της |  | ωρας |  | εκεινης |  |
that hour. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 29 | και |  | μεταβας |  | εκειθεν |  | ο |  | ιησους |  | ηλθεν |  | παρα |  | την |  | θαλασσαν |  | της |
|  | And |  | having departed |  | thence |  | ♦ |  | Jesus |  | came |  | towards |  | the |  | sea |  | ♦ |

γαλιλαιας |  | και |  | αναβας |  | εις |  | το |  | ορος |  | εκαθητο |  | εκει |  |
of Galilee; |  | and |  | having gone up |  | into |  | the |  | mountain |  | he was sitting |  | there. |  |

| 30 | και |  | προσηλθον |  | αυτω |  | οχλοι |  | πολλοι |  | εχοντες |  | μεθ |  | εαυτων |  | χωλους |
|  | And |  | came |  | to him |  | crowds 2 |  | great, 1 |  | having |  | with |  | them |  | lame, |

τυφλους |  | κωφους |  | κυλλους |  | και |  | ετερους |  | πολλους |  | και |  | ερριψαν |  | αυτους |
blind, |  | dumb, |  | maimed, |  | and |  | others 2 |  | many, 1 |  | and |  | they cast down |  | them |

παρα |  | τους |  | ποδας |  | του |  | ιησου |  | και |  | εθεραπευσεν |  | αυτους |  |
at |  | the |  | feet |  | ♦ |  | of Jesus, |  | and |  | he healed |  | them; |  |

| 31 | ωστε |  | τους |  | οχλους |  | θαυμασαι |  | βλεποντας |  | κωφους |  | λαλουντας |  | κυλλους |
|  | so that |  | the |  | crowds |  | wondered, |  | seeing |  | dumb |  | speaking, |  | maimed |

υγιεις |  | χωλους |  | περιπατουντας |  | και |  | τυφλους |  | βλεποντας |  | και |  | εδοξασαν |  | τον
sound, |  | lame |  | walking, |  | and |  | blind |  | seeing; |  | and |  | they glorified |  | the

| θεον |  | ισραηλ |  |
| God |  | of Israel. |  |

| 32 | ο |  | δε |  | ιησους |  | προσκαλεσαμενος |  | τους |  | μαθητας |  | αυτου |  | ειπεν |
|  | But Jesus |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | having called to [him] |  | ♦ |  | disciples 2 |  | his 1 |  | said, |

σπλαγχνιζομαι |  | επι |  | τον |  | οχλον |  | οτι |  | ηδη |  | ημερας |  | τρεις |
I am moved with compassion |  | towards |  | the |  | crowd, |  | because |  | already |  | days 2 |  | three 1 |

προσμενουσιν |  | μοι |  | και |  | ουκ |  | εχουσιν |  | τι |  | φαγωσιν |  | και |  | απολυσαι |
they continue |  | with me, |  | and |  | have not |  | ♦ |  | what |  | they may eat; |  | and |  | to send away |

αυτους |  | νηστεις |  | ου |  | θελω |  | μηποτε |  | εκλυθωσιν |  | εν |  | τη |  | οδω |  |
them |  | fasting |  | I am not willing, |  | ♦ |  | lest |  | they faint |  | in |  | the |  | way. |  |

| 33 | και |  | λεγουσιν |  | αυτω |  | οι |  | μαθηται |  | αυτου |  | ποθεν |  | ημιν |  | εν |  | ερημια |
|  | And |  | say, 3 |  | to 4 him 5 |  | his disciples, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Whence |  | to us |  | in |  | a desert |

αρτοι |  | τοσουτοι |  | ωστε |  | χορτασαι |  | οχλον |  | τοσουτον |  |
loaves |  | so many |  | as |  | to satisfy |  | a crowd |  | so great? |  |

| 34 | και |  | λεγει |  | αυτοις |  | ο |  | ιησους |  | ποσους |  | αρτους |  | εχετε |  | οι |  | δε |  | ειπον |
|  | And |  | says 2 |  | to 3 them 4 |  | ♦ |  | Jesus, 1 |  | How many |  | loaves |  | have ye? |  | And they |  | ♦ |  | said, |

επτα |  | και |  | ολιγα |  | ιχθυδια |  |
Seven, |  | and |  | a few |  | small fishes. |  |

| 35 | και |  | εκελευσεν |  | τοις |  | οχλοις |  | αναπεσειν |  | επι |  | την |  | γην |  |
|  | And |  | he commanded |  | the |  | crowds |  | to recline |  | on |  | the |  | ground; |  |

| 36 | και |  | λαβων |  | τους |  | επτα |  | αρτους |  | και |  | τους |  | ιχθυας |  | ευχαριστησας |
|  | and |  | having taken |  | the |  | seven |  | loaves |  | and |  | the |  | fishes, |  | having given thanks |

εκλασεν |  | και |  | εδωκεν |  | τοις |  | μαθηταις |  | αυτου |  | οι |  | δε |  | μαθηται |  | τω |
he broke |  | and |  | gave |  | to his disciples, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and the |  | ♦ |  | disciples |  | to the |

οχλω |  |
crowd. |  |

| 37 | και |  | εφαγον |  | παντες |  | και |  | εχορτασθησαν |  | και |  | ηραν |  | το |
|  | And |  | ate 2 |  | all, 1 |  | and |  | were satisfied: |  | and |  | they took up |  | that which |

περισσευον |  | των |  | κλασματων |  | επτα |  | σπυριδας |  | πληρεις |  |
was over and above |  | of the |  | fragments |  | seven |  | baskets |  | full; |  |

| 38 | οι |  | δε |  | εσθιοντες |  | ησαν |  | τετρακισχιλιοι |  | ανδρες |  | χωρις |  | γυναικων |
|  | and they who |  | ♦ |  | ate |  | were |  | four thousand |  | men, |  | besides |  | women |

και |  | παιδιων |  |
and |  | children. |  |

| 39 | και |  | απολυσας |  | τους |  | οχλους |  | ενεβη |  | εις |  | το |  | πλοιον |  | και |  | ηλθεν |  | εις |  | τα |
|  | And |  | having dismissed |  | the |  | crowds |  | he entered |  | into |  | the |  | ship, |  | and |  | came |  | to |  | the |

ορια |  | μαγδαλα |  |
borders |  | of Magdala. |  |