Diatessaron (Gospel Harmony) 19–21

English translation by Hope W. Hogg (1896); the original is not shown

[1] And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus came unto them, walking upon the [2] water, after they had rowed with difficulty about twenty-five or thirty furlongs. [3] And when he drew near unto their boat, his disciples saw him walking on the water; and they were troubled, and supposed that it was a false appearance; and they cried [4] out from their fear. But Jesus straightway spoke unto them, and said, Take courage, [5] for it is I; fear not. Then Cephas answered and said unto him, My Lord, if it be thou, [6] bid me to come unto thee on the water. And Jesus said unto him, Come. And [7] Cephas went down out of the boat, and walked on the water to come unto Jesus. But when he saw the wind strong, he feared, and was on the point of sinking; [8] and he lifted up his voice, and said, My Lord, save me. And immediately our Lord stretched out his hand and took hold of him, and said unto him, [9] Thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt? And when Jesus came near, he went up [10] unto them into the boat, he and Simon, and immediately the wind ceased. And those that were in the ship came and worshipped him, and said, Truly thou art the [11] Son of God. And straightway that ship arrived at the land which they made for. [12] And when they came out of the ship to the land, they marvelled greatly and were [13] perplexed in themselves: and they had not understood by means of that bread, because their heart was gross. [14] And when the people of that region knew of the arrival of Jesus, they made haste in all that land, and began to bring those that were diseased, borne in their [15] beds to the place where they heard that he was. And wheresoever the place might be which he entered, of the villages or the cities, they laid the sick in the markets, and sought of him that they might touch were it only the edge of his garment: and all that touched him were healed and lived. [16] And on the day after that, the multitude which was standing on the shore of the sea saw that there was there no other ship save that into which the disciples had [17] gone up, and that Jesus went not up into the ship with his disciples (but there were other ships from Tiberias near the place where they ate the bread when Jesus blessed [18] it): and when that multitude saw that Jesus was not there, nor yet his disciples, they [19] went up into those ships, and came to Capernaum, and sought Jesus. And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Our [20] Master, when camest thou hither? Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye have not sought me because of your seeing the signs, but because of [21] your eating the bread and being satisfied. Serve not the food which perisheth, but the food which abideth in eternal life, which the Son of man will give unto you: him [22] hath God the Father sealed. They said unto him, What shall we do that we may [23] work the work of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of [24] God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent. They said unto him, What sign hast thou done, that we may see, and believe in thee? what hast thou wrought? [25] Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it was written, Bread from heaven [26] gave he them to eat. Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not bread from [27] heaven; but my Father gave you the bread of truth from heaven. The bread of God is that which came down from heaven and gave the [28, 29] world life. They said unto him, Our Lord, give us at all times this bread. Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: whosoever cometh unto me shall not hunger, [30] and whosoever believeth in me shall not thirst for ever. But I said unto you, [31] Ye have seen me, and have not believed. And all that my Father hath given to me cometh unto me; and whosoever cometh unto me I shall not cast him forth without. [32] I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but to do the will of him [33] that sent me; and this is the will of him that sent me, that I should lose nothing of [34] that which he gave me, but raise it up in the last day. This is the will of my Father, that every one that seeth the Son, and believeth in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up in the last day. [35] The Jews therefore murmured against him because of his saying, I am the bread [36] which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? then how saith this man, I came down from [37, 38] heaven? Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur not one with another. No man is able to come unto me, except the Father which sent me draw him; and I will [39] raise him up in the last day. It is written in the prophet, They shall all be the taught of God. Every one who heareth from the Father now, and learneth of him, cometh [40] unto me. No man now seeth the Father; but he that is from God, he it is that seeth [41] the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever believeth in me hath eternal [42, 43] life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and [44] they died. This is the bread which came down from heaven, that a man may eat [45] of it, and not die. I am the bread of life which came down from heaven: and if a man eat of this bread he shall live for ever: and the bread which I shall give is my body, which I give for the life of the world. [46] The Jews therefore quarrelled one with another, and said, How can he give us [47] his body that we may eat it? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, If ye do not eat the body of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye shall [48] not have life in yourselves. Whosoever eateth of my body and drinketh of my blood [49] hath eternal life; and I will raise him up in the last day. My body truly is meat, and [50] my blood truly is drink. Whosoever eateth my body and drinketh my blood abideth [51] in me, and I in him—as the living Father sent me, and I am alive because of the [52] Father; and whosoever eateth me, he also shall live because of me. This is the bread which came down from heaven: and not according as your fathers ate the [53] manna, and died: whosoever eateth of this bread shall live for ever. This he said in [54] the synagogue, when he was teaching in Capernaum. And many of his disciples, when they heard, said, This word is hard; who is he that can hear it?

English translation by Hope W. Hogg (1896); the original is not shown

[1] And Jesus knew within himself that his disciples were murmuring because of [2] that, and he said unto them, Doth this trouble you? What if ye should see the Son [3] of man then ascend to the place where he was of old? It is the spirit that quickeneth, and the body profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you are spirit [4] and life. But there are some of you that do not believe. And Jesus knew beforehand who they were who should not believe, and who it was that should betray [5] him. And 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. [6] And because of this word many of his disciples turned back and walked [7] not with him. And Jesus said unto the twelve, Do ye haply also wish to [8] go away? Simon Cephas answered and said, My Lord, to whom shall we go? thou [9] hast the words of eternal life. And we have believed and known that thou art the [10] Messiah, the Son of the living God. Jesus said unto them, Did not I choose you, [11] ye company of the twelve, and of you one is a devil? He said that because of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot; for he, being of the twelve, was purposed to betray him. [12] And while he was speaking, one of the Pharisees came asking of him that he [13] would eat with him: and he went in, and reclined to meat. And that Pharisee, when [14] he saw it, marvelled that he had not first cleansed himself before his eating. Jesus 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. [15, 16] Ye of little mind, did not he that made the outside make the inside? Now give what ye have in alms, and everything shall be clean unto you. [17, 18] And there came to him Pharisees and scribes, come from Jerusalem. And when they saw some of his disciples eating bread while they had not washed their hands, [19] they found fault. For all of the Jews and the Pharisees, if they wash not their [20] hands thoroughly, eat not; for they held to the ordinance 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 [21] measures, and vessels of brass, and couches. And scribes and Pharisees asked him, Why do thy disciples not walk according to the ordinances of the elders, but [22] eat bread without washing their hands? Jesus answered and said unto them, Why do ye also overstep the command of God by reason of your ordinance? [23] God said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whosoever revileth his father and [24] his mother shall surely die. But ye say, If a man say to his father or to his mother, [25] What thou receivest from me is an offering,—and ye suffer him not to do anything [26] for his father or his mother; and ye make void and reject the word of God by reason of the ordinance that ye have ordained and commanded, such as the washing [27] of cups and measures, and what resembles that ye do much. And ye forsook [28] the command of God, and held to the ordinance of men. Do ye well to wrong [29] the command of God in order that ye may establish your ordinance? Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah the prophet prophesy concerning you, and say, [30] This people honoureth me with its lips; But their heart is very far from me. [31] But in vain do they fear me, In that they teach the commands of men. [32] And Jesus called all the multitude, and said unto them, Hear me, all of you, and [33] understand: nothing without the man, which then enters him, is able to defile him; [34] but what goeth out of him, that it is which defileth the man. He that hath ears [35] that hear, let him hear. Then his disciples drew near, and said unto him, Knowest [36] thou that the Pharisees which heard this word were angry? He answered and said unto them, Every plant which my Father which is in heaven planted not shall be [37] uprooted. Let them alone; for they are blind leading blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both of them shall fall into a hollow. [38] And when Jesus entered the house from the multitude, Simon Cephas asked him, [39] and said unto him, My Lord, explain to us that parable. He said unto them, Do ye also thus not understand? Know ye not that everything that entereth into the [40] man from without cannot defile him; because it entereth not into his heart; it entereth into his stomach only, and thence is cast forth in the cleansing which maketh [41] clean all the food? The thing which goeth forth from the mouth of the man proceedeth [42] from his heart, and it is that which defileth the man. From within the [43] heart of men proceed evil thoughts, fornication, adultery, theft, false witness, murder, injustice, wickedness, deceit, stupidity, evil eye, calumny, pride, foolishness: [44] these evils all of them from within proceed from the heart, and they are the things [45] which defile the man: but if a man eat while he washeth not his hands, he is not defiled. [46] 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; and [47] he could not be hid. But straightway a Canaanitish woman, whose daughter had an [48, 49] unclean spirit, heard of him. And that woman was a Gentile of Emesa of Syria. And she came out after him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy upon me, my Lord, thou [50] son of David; for my daughter is seized in an evil way by Satan. And he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, and said, Send [51] her away: for she crieth after us. He answered and said unto them, I was [52] not sent except to the sheep that are gone astray of the house of Israel. But she came and worshipped him, and said, My Lord, help me, have mercy upon me. [53] Jesus said unto her, It is not seemly that the children’s bread should be taken and [54] thrown to the dogs. But she said, Yea, my Lord: the dogs also eat of the crumbs [55] that fall from their masters’ tables, and live. Then said Jesus unto her, O woman, [56] great is thy faith: it shall be unto thee as thou hast desired. Go then thy way; and [57] because of this word, the devil is gone out of thy daughter. And her daughter was [58] healed in that hour. And that woman went away to her house, and found her daughter laid upon the bed, and the devil gone out of her.

English translation by Hope W. Hogg (1896); the original is not shown

Section XXI. [1] And Jesus went out again from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the [2] sea of Galilee, towards the borders of Decapolis. And they brought unto him one dumb and deaf, and entreated him that he would lay his hand upon him and heal [3] him. And he drew him away from the multitude, and went away alone, and spat [4] upon his fingers, and thrust them into his ears, and touched his tongue; and looked [5] to heaven, and sighed, and said unto him, Be opened. And in that hour his ears [6] were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake with ease. And Jesus charged them much that they should not tell this to any man: but the more [7] he charged them, the more they increased in publishing, and marvelled much, and said, This man doeth everything well: he made the deaf to hear, and those that lacked speech to speak. [8, 9] And while he was passing through the land of Samaria, he came to one of the cities of the Samaritans, called Sychar, beside the field which Jacob gave to Joseph to [10] his son. And there was there a spring of water of Jacob’s. And Jesus was fatigued from the exertion of the way, and sat at the spring. And the time was about the [11] sixth hour. And a woman of Samaria came to draw water; and Jesus said unto [12] her, Give me water, that I may drink. And his disciples had entered into the city [13] to buy for themselves food. And that Samaritan woman said unto him, How dost thou, being a Jew, ask me to give thee to drink, while I am a Samaritan woman? [14] (And the Jews mingle not with the Samaritans.) Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who this is that said unto thee, Give me [15] to drink; thou wouldest ask him, and he would give thee the water of life. That woman said unto him, My Lord, thou hast no bucket, and the well is deep: from [16] whence hast thou the water of life? Can it be that thou art greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well, and drank from it, and his children, and his sheep? [17] Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst [18] again: but whosoever drinketh of the water which I shall give him shall not thirst for ever: but the water which I shall give him shall be in him a spring of water springing [19] up unto eternal life. That woman said unto him, My Lord, give me of this water, that [20] I may not thirst again, neither come and draw water from here. Jesus said unto her, [21] Go and call thy husband, and come hither. She said unto him, I have no [22] husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband: five husbands hast thou had, and this man whom thou hast now is not thy husband; and [23] in this thou saidst truly. That woman said unto him, My Lord, I perceive thee to [24] be a prophet. Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem [25] is the place in which worship must be. Jesus said unto her, Woman, believe me, an hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor yet in Jerusalem, shall ye worship [26] the Father. Ye worship that which ye know not: but we worship that which [27] we know: for salvation is of the Jews. But an hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: and the Father also [28] seeketh such as these worshippers. For God is a Spirit: and they that worship him [29] must worship him in spirit and in truth. That woman said unto him, I know that [30] the Messiah cometh: and when he is come, he will teach us everything. Jesus said unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. [31] And while he was speaking, his disciples came; and they wondered how he would speak with a woman; but not one of them said unto him, What seekest thou? or, [32] What speakest thou with her? And the woman left her waterpot, and went to the [33] city, and said to the people, Come, and see a man who told me all that ever I did: [34] perhaps then he is the Messiah. And people went out from the city, and came to [35] him. And in the mean while his disciples besought him, and said unto him, Our [36, 37] master, eat. And he said unto them, I have food to eat that ye know not. And the disciples said amongst themselves, Can any one have brought him aught to eat? [38] Jesus said unto them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish [39] his work. Said ye not that after four months cometh the harvest? behold, I therefore say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and behold the lands, [40] that they have become white, and the harvest is already come. And he that reapeth receiveth his wages, and gathereth the fruit of eternal life; and the sower and [41] the reaper rejoice together. For in this is found the word of truth, One soweth, and [42] another reapeth. And I sent you to reap that in which ye have not laboured: others laboured, and ye have entered on their labour. [43] And from that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the words [44] of that woman, who testified and said, He told me all that ever I did. And when those Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them; and he [45, 46] abode with them two days. And many believed in him because of his word; and they said to that woman, Now not because of thy saying have we believed in him: we have heard and known that this truly is the Messiah, the Saviour of the world. [47, 48] And after two days Jesus went out thence and departed to Galilee. And Jesus [49] testified that a prophet is not honoured in his own city. And when he came to Galilee, the Galilæans received him.