The Tradition of the Elders
(Mark 7:1–13)

1Then came vnto him the scribes and pharises from Ierusalem, sayenge: 2Why do thy disciples transgresse ye tradicions of the elders? for they wash not their hodes whan they eate bred. 3He answered & sayde vnto the: Why do ye transgresse the comaundemet of God, because of youre owne tradicios? 4For God comaunded, sayege: Honoure father & mother: & he yt curseth father & mother, shal dye the death. 5But ye saye: Euery man shal saye to father or mother: The thige yt I shulde helpe ye withal, is geue vnto God. 6By this is it come to passe, that no man honoureth his father or his mother eny more. And thus haue ye made the comaundement of God of none effecte, for youre owne tradicios. 7Ye ypocrites, full well hath Esaye prophecied of you, & sayde:

8This people draweth nye vnto me wt their mouth, & honoureth me wt their lippes, howbeit, their hert is farre fro me.

9But in vayne do they serue me, whyle they teach soch doctrynes as are nothinge but the commaundementes of men.

What Defiles a Man
(Mark 7:14–23)

10And he called ye people to hi, & saide vnto the: Heare & vnderstode: 11That which goeth in to the mouth, defyleth not the ma: but yt which cometh out of the mouth, defyleth ye ma.

12Then came his disciples, & sayde vnto him: knowest thou yt the Pharises were offended, whan they herde this sayenge? 13He answered, and sayde: All plantes which my heauenly father hath not planted, shal be pluckte vp by ye rotes. 14Let the go, they are ye blynde leaders of ye blynde. Wha one blinde leadeth another, they fall both i ye diche.

15Then answered Peter & sayde vnto him: Declare vnto us this parable. 16And Iesus sayde vnto the: Are ye yet the without vnderstondinge?

17Perceaue ye not, yt what soeuer goeth in at ye mouth, descedeth downe in to ye bely, & is cast out into the draught? 18But the thinge that proceadeth out of the mouth, cometh fro ye hert, & that defyleth ye ma. 19For out of ye hert come euell thoughtes murthur, breakynge of wedlocke, whordome theft, false witnesse, blasphemy. 20These are ye thinges that defyle a man. But to eate wt vnwasshen hondes, defyleth not a man.

The Faith of the Canaanite Woman
(Mark 7:24–30)

21And Iesus wente out from thence, & departed in to the coastes of Tyre of Sidon. 22And beholde, a woma of Canaan wete out of ye same coastes, & cried after him, sayege: O LORDE, thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercy vpon me. My doughter is sore vexed wt a deuell. 23And he answered her neuer a worde. The came his disciples vnto him, & besought him, sayege: Sede her awaye, for she crieth after us. 24But he answered, & saide: I am not sent, but vnto the lost shepe of the house of Israel. 25Notwithstondinge she came & fell downe before him, & sayde: LORDE, helpe me. 26He answered & sayde: It is not good, to take the childrens bred, & to cast it vnto dogges. 27It is trueth LORDE (sayde she) Neuertheles the whelpes eate of the crommes, that fall fro their lordes table. 28Then answered Iesus & sayde vnto her: O woma, greate is yi faith be it vnto the, eue as thou desyrest. And hir doughter was made hole at ye same houre.

The Feeding of the Four Thousand
(2 Kings 4:42–44; Mark 8:1–10)

29And Iesus departed thece, and came nye vnto the see of Galile, and wente vp in to a mountayne, and sat downe there, 30And there came vnto him moch people, hauinge with them, lame, blynde, dome, crepell, and other many, and cast them downe at Iesus fete. And he healed the, 31in so moch that the people wodred, to se the dome speake, the crepell whole, the halt to go, & the blynde to se. And they praysed the God of Israel.

32And Iesus called his disciples vnto him, & sayde: I haue copassion vpon the people, for they haue cotynued wt me now thre dayes, & haue nothinge to eate, & I wil not let the departe fastynge, lest they perishe in ye waye. 33And his disciples sayde vnto him: Whence shulde we get so moch bred in the wyldernes, that we might satissfie so moch people? 34And Iesus sayde vnto the: How many loaues haue ye? They sayde: seue, & a few litle fyshes. 35And he comaunded ye people to syt downe vpo the grounde, 36and toke ye seue loaues, & the fyshes, & gaue thankes & brake the, & gaue the to his disciples, & ye disciples gaue the vnto the people. 37And they all ate, & were suffised. And they toke vp of the broke meate yt was left, seuen basskettes full. 38And they yt ate, were foure thousande me, besyde wemen and children.

39And whan he had sent awaye the people, he wente in to a shippe, & came in to the parties of Magdala.