Matthew · Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
Matthew 15 Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
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- Fully vowelled Arabic, read right to left.
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Verse divisions occasionally differ from English Bibles (e.g. 1 Timothy 6:21–22, 3 John 14–15).
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1 حِينَئِذٍ جَاءَ إِلَى يَسُوعَ كَتَبَةٌ وَفَرِّيسِيُّونَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ قَائِلِينَ:
1 ENTONCES llegaron á Jesús ciertos escribas y Fariseos de Jerusalem, diciendo:
1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
2 «لِمَاذَا يَتَعَدَّى تَلَامِيذُكَ تَقْلِيدَ ٱلشُّيُوخِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَغْسِلُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ حِينَمَا يَأْكُلُونَ خُبْزًا؟».
2 ¿Por qué tus discípulos traspasan la tradición de los ancianos? porque no se lavan las manos cuando comen pan.
2 “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”
3 فَأَجَابَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «وَأَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا، لِمَاذَا تَتَعَدَّوْنَ وَصِيَّةَ ٱللهِ بِسَبَبِ تَقْلِيدِكُمْ؟
3 Y él respondiendo, les dijo: ¿Por qué también vosotros traspasáis el mandamiento de Dios por vuestra tradición?
3 He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
4 فَإِنَّ ٱللهَ أَوْصَى قَائِلًا: أَكْرِمْ أَبَاكَ وَأُمَّكَ، وَمَنْ يَشْتِمْ أَبًا أَوْ أُمًّا فَلْيَمُتْ مَوْتًا.
4 Porque Dios mandó, diciendo: Honra al padre y á la madre, y, El que maldijere al padre ó á la madre, muera de muerte.
4 For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
5 وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَتَقُولُونَ: مَنْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ أَوْ أُمِّهِ: قُرْبَانٌ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي تَنْتَفِعُ بِهِ مِنِّي. فَلَا يُكْرِمُ أَبَاهُ أَوْ أُمَّهُ.
5 Mas vosotros decís: Cualquiera que dijere al padre ó á la madre: [Es ya] ofrenda mía [á Dios] todo aquello con que pudiera valerte;
5 But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”
6 فَقَدْ أَبْطَلْتُمْ وَصِيَّةَ ٱللهِ بِسَبَبِ تَقْلِيدِكُمْ!
6 No deberá honrar á su padre ó á su madre [con socorro]. Así habéis invalidado el mandamiento de Dios por vuestra tradición.
6 he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
7 يَا مُرَاؤُونَ! حَسَنًا تَنَبَّأَ عَنْكُمْ إِشَعْيَاءُ قَائِلًا:
7 Hipócritas, bien profetizó de vosotros Isaías, diciendo:
7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
8 يَقْتَرِبُ إِلَيَّ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبُ بِفَمِهِ، وَيُكْرِمُنِي بِشَفَتَيْهِ، وَأَمَّا قَلْبُهُ فَمُبْتَعِدٌ عَنِّي بَعِيدًا.
8 Este pueblo de labios me honra; mas su corazón lejos está de mí.
8 ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 وَبَاطِلًا يَعْبُدُونَنِي وَهُمْ يُعَلِّمُونَ تَعَالِيمَ هِيَ وَصَايَا ٱلنَّاسِ».
9 Mas en vano me honran, enseñando doctrinas [y] mandamientos de hombres.
9 And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”
10 ثُمَّ دَعَا ٱلْجَمْعَ وَقَالَ لَهُمُ: «ٱسْمَعُوا وَٱفْهَمُوا.
10 Y llamando á sí las gentes, les dijo: Oid, y entended:
10 He summoned the multitude, and said to them, “Hear, and understand.
11 لَيْسَ مَا يَدْخُلُ ٱلْفَمَ يُنَجِّسُ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ، بَلْ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ ٱلْفَمِ هَذَا يُنَجِّسُ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ».
11 No lo que entra en la boca contamina al hombre; mas lo que sale de la boca, esto contamina al hombre.
11 That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”
12 حِينَئِذٍ تَقَدَّمَ تَلَامِيذُهُ وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَتَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ٱلْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا ٱلْقَوْلَ نَفَرُوا؟».
12 Entonces llegándose sus discípulos, le dijeron: ¿Sabes que los Fariseos oyendo esta palabra se ofendieron?
12 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
13 فَأَجَابَ وَقَالَ: «كُلُّ غَرْسٍ لَمْ يَغْرِسْهُ أَبِي ٱلسَّمَاوِيُّ يُقْلَعُ.
13 Mas respondiendo él, dijo: Toda planta que no plantó mi Padre celestial, será desarraigada.
13 But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.
14 اُتْرُكُوهُمْ. هُمْ عُمْيَانٌ قَادَةُ عُمْيَانٍ. وَإِنْ كَانَ أَعْمَى يَقُودُ أَعْمَى يَسْقُطَانِ كِلَاهُمَا فِي حُفْرَةٍ».
14 Dejadlos: son ciegos guías de ciegos; y si el ciego guiare al ciego, ambos caerán en el hoyo.
14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
15 فَأَجَابَ بُطْرُسُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «فَسِّرْ لَنَا هَذَا ٱلْمَثَلَ».
15 Y respondiendo Pedro, le dijo: Decláranos esta parábola.
15 Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”
16 فَقَالَ يَسُوعُ: «هَلْ أَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا حَتَّى ٱلْآنَ غَيْرُ فَاهِمِينَ؟
16 Y Jesús dijo: ¿Aun también vosotros sois sin entendimiento?
16 So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?
17 أَلَا تَفْهَمُونَ بَعْدُ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَا يَدْخُلُ ٱلْفَمَ يَمْضِي إِلَى ٱلْجَوْفِ وَيَنْدَفِعُ إِلَى ٱلْمَخْرَجِ؟
17 ¿No entendéis aún, que todo lo que entra en la boca, va al vientre, y es echado en la letrina?
17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body?
18 وَأَمَّا مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ ٱلْفَمِ فَمِنَ ٱلْقَلْبِ يَصْدُرُ، وَذَاكَ يُنَجِّسُ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ،
18 Mas lo que sale de la boca, del corazón sale; y esto contamina al hombre.
18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
19 لِأَنْ مِنَ ٱلْقَلْبِ تَخْرُجُ أَفْكَارٌ شِرِّيرَةٌ: قَتْلٌ، زِنىً، فِسْقٌ، سِرْقَةٌ، شَهَادَةُ زُورٍ، تَجْدِيفٌ.
19 Porque del corazón salen los malos pensamientos, muertes, adulterios, fornicaciones, hurtos, falsos testimonios, blasfemias.
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
20 هَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلَّتِي تُنَجِّسُ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ. وَأَمَّا ٱلْأَ كْلُ بِأَيْدٍ غَيْرِ مَغْسُولَةٍ فَلَا يُنَجِّسُ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ».
20 Estas cosas son las que contaminan al hombre: que comer con las manos por lavar no contamina al hombre.
20 These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”
21 ثُمَّ خَرَجَ يَسُوعُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَٱنْصَرَفَ إِلَى نَوَاحِي صُورَ وَصَيْدَاءَ.
21 Y saliendo Jesús de allí, se fué á las partes de Tiro y de Sidón.
21 Jesus went out from there and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22 وَإِذَا ٱمْرَأَةٌ كَنْعَانِيَّةٌ خَارِجَةٌ مِنْ تِلْكَ ٱلتُّخُومِ صَرَخَتْ إِلَيْهِ قَائِلَةً: «ٱرْحَمْنِي، يا سَيِّدُ، يا ٱبْنَ دَاوُدَ! اِبْنَتِي مَجْنُونَةٌ جِدًّا».
22 Y he aquí una mujer Cananea, que había salido de aquellos términos, clamaba, diciéndole: Señor, Hijo de David, ten misericordia de mí; mi hija es malamente atormentada del demonio.
22 Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”
23 فَلَمْ يُجِبْهَا بِكَلِمَةٍ. فَتَقَدَّمَ تَلَامِيذُهُ وَطَلَبُوا إِلَيْهِ قَائِلِينَ: «ٱصْرِفْهَا، لِأَنَّهَا تَصِيحُ وَرَاءَنَا!».
23 Mas él no le respondió palabra. Entonces llegándose sus discípulos, le rogaron, diciendo: Despáchala, pues da voces tras nosotros.
23 But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries after us.”
24 فَأَجَابَ وَقَالَ: «لَمْ أُرْسَلْ إِلَّا إِلَى خِرَافِ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلضَّالَّةِ».
24 Y él respondiendo, dijo: No soy enviado sino á las ovejas perdidas de la casa de Israel.
24 But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
25 فَأَتَتْ وَسَجَدَتْ لَهُ قَائِلَةً: «يَا سَيِّدُ، أَعِنِّي!»
25 Entonces ella vino, y le adoró, diciendo: Señor, socórreme.
25 But she came and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
26 فَأَجَابَ وَقَالَ: «لَيْسَ حَسَنًا أَنْ يُؤْخَذَ خُبْزُ ٱلْبَنِينَ وَيُطْرَحَ لِلْكِلَابِ».
26 Y respondiendo él, dijo: No es bien tomar el pan de los hijos, y echarlo á los perrillos.
26 But he answered, “It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
27 فَقَالَتْ: «نَعَمْ، يا سَيِّدُ! وَٱلْكِلَابُ أَيْضًا تَأْكُلُ مِنَ ٱلْفُتَاتِ ٱلَّذِي يَسْقُطُ مِنْ مَائِدَةِ أَرْبَابِهَا!».
27 Y ella dijo: Sí, Señor; mas los perrillos comen de las migajas que caen de la mesa de sus señores.
27 But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
28 حِينَئِذٍ أَجَابَ يَسُوعُ وَقَالَ لَهَا: «يَا ٱمْرَأَةُ، عَظِيمٌ إِيمَانُكِ! لِيَكُنْ لَكِ كَمَا تُرِيدِينَ». فَشُفِيَتِ ٱبْنَتُهَا مِنْ تِلْكَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ.
28 Entonces respondiendo Jesús, dijo: Oh mujer, grande es tu fe; sea hecho contigo como quieres. Y fué sana su hija desde aquella hora.
28 Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.
29 ثُمَّ ٱنْتَقَلَ يَسُوعُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَجَاءَ إِلَى جَانِبِ بَحْرِ ٱلْجَلِيلِ، وَصَعِدَ إِلَى ٱلْجَبَلِ وَجَلَسَ هُنَاكَ.
29 Y partido Jesús de allí, vino junto al mar de Galilea: y subiendo al monte, se sentó allí.
29 Jesus departed from there and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up on the mountain and sat there.
30 فَجَاءَ إِلَيْهِ جُمُوعٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، مَعَهُمْ عُرْجٌ وَعُمْيٌ وَخُرْسٌ وَشُلٌّ وَآخَرُونَ كَثِيرُونَ، وَطَرَحُوهُمْ عِنْدَ قَدَمَيْ يَسُوعَ. فَشَفَاهُمْ
30 Y llegaron á él muchas gentes, que tenían consigo cojos, ciegos, mudos, mancos, y otros muchos [enfermos]: y los echaron á los pies de Jesús, y los sanó:
30 Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,
31 حَتَّى تَعَجَّبَ ٱلْجُمُوعُ إِذْ رَأَوْا ٱلْخُرْسَ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ، وَٱلشُّلَّ يَصِحُّونَ، وَٱلْعُرْجَ يَمْشُونَ، وَٱلْعُمْيَ يُبْصِرُونَ. وَمَجَّدُوا إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.
31 De manera que se maravillaban las gentes, viendo hablar los mudos, los mancos sanos, andar los cojos, y ver los ciegos: y glorificaron al Dios de Israel.
31 so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, the injured healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel.
32 وَأَمَّا يَسُوعُ فَدَعَا تَلَامِيذَهُ وَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أُشْفِقُ عَلَى ٱلْجَمْعِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْآنَ لَهُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ يَمْكُثُونَ مَعِي وَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ مَا يَأْكُلُونَ. وَلَسْتُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَصْرِفَهُمْ صَائِمِينَ لِئَلَّا يُخَوِّرُوا فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ».
32 Y Jesús llamando á sus discípulos, dijo: Tengo lástima de la gente, que ya [hace] tres días [que] perseveran conmigo, y no tienen qué comer; y enviarlos ayunos no quiero, porque no desmayen en el camino.
32 Jesus summoned his disciples and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have continued with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way.”
33 فَقَالَ لَهُ تَلَامِيذُهُ: «مِنْ أَيْنَ لَنَا فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ خُبْزٌ بِهَذَا ٱلْمِقْدَارِ، حَتَّى يُشْبِعَ جَمْعًا هَذَا عَدَدُهُ؟».
33 Entonces sus discípulos le dicen: ¿Dónde tenemos nosotros tantos panes en el desierto, que hartemos á tan gran compañía?
33 The disciples said to him, “Where could we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?”
34 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «كَمْ عِنْدَكُمْ مِنَ ٱلْخُبْزِ؟». فَقَالُوا: «سَبْعَةٌ وَقَلِيلٌ مِنْ صِغَارِ ٱلسَّمَكِ».
34 Y Jesús les dice: ¿Cuántos panes tenéis? Y ellos dijeron: Siete, y unos pocos pececillos.
34 Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
35 فَأَمَرَ ٱلْجُمُوعَ أَنْ يَتَّكِئُوا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ،
35 Y mandó á las gentes que se recostasen sobre la tierra.
35 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
36 وَأَخَذَ ٱلسَّبْعَ خُبْزَاتٍ وَٱلسَّمَكَ، وَشَكَرَ وَكَسَّرَ وَأَعْطَى تَلَامِيذَهُ، وَٱلتَّلَامِيذُ أَعْطَوْا ٱلْجَمْعَ.
36 Y tomando los siete panes y los peces, haciendo gracias, partió y dió á sus discípulos; y los discípulos á la gente.
36 and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
37 فَأَكَلَ ٱلْجَمِيعُ وَشَبِعُوا. ثُمَّ رَفَعُوا مَا فَضَلَ مِنَ ٱلْكِسَرِ سَبْعَةَ سِلَالٍ مَمْلُوءَةٍ،
37 Y comieron todos, y se hartaron: y alzaron lo que sobró de los pedazos, siete espuertas llenas.
37 They all ate and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.
38 وَٱلْآكِلُونَ كَانُوا أَرْبَعَةَ آلَافِ رَجُلٍ مَا عَدَا ٱلنِّسَاءَ وَٱلْأَوْلَادَ.
38 Y eran los que habían comido, cuatro mil hombres, sin las mujeres y los niños.
38 Those who ate were four thousand men, in addition to women and children.
39 ثُمَّ صَرَفَ ٱلْجُمُوعَ وَصَعِدَ إِلَى ٱلسَّفِينَةِ وَجَاءَ إِلَى تُخُومِ مَجْدَلَ.
39 Entonces, despedidas las gentes, subió en el barco: y vino á los términos de Magdalá.
39 Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.
Cross references (38)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 5:30; Mark 3:22; Luke 5:21; Matthew 23:2; Acts 23:9
- 2 Mark 7:2; Luke 11:38; Colossians 2:8; Colossians 2:20–23; Mark 7:5
- 3 Colossians 2:23; Titus 1:14; Colossians 2:8; Mark 7:6–8; Matthew 7:3–5
- 4 Exodus 20:12; Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9; Deuteronomy 21:18–21; Deuteronomy 5:16
- 5 Mark 7:10–13; Acts 5:29; Matthew 23:16–18; Amos 7:15–17; Acts 4:19
- 6 1 Timothy 5:8; Jeremiah 8:8; Mark 7:13; Psalm 119:126; 1 Timothy 5:16
- 7 Mark 7:6; Matthew 23:23–29; Acts 28:25–27; Matthew 7:5
- 8 Isaiah 29:13; Ezekiel 33:31; Acts 8:21; 1 Peter 3:10; Jeremiah 12:2
- 9 Isaiah 29:13; Mark 7:7; 1 Timothy 1:4; Titus 1:14; Colossians 2:18–22
- 10 Mark 7:14–15; Colossians 1:9; Luke 20:45–47; Luke 24:45; Matthew 24:15
- 11 Mark 7:15; Matthew 15:18–20; James 3:5–8; Matthew 12:34–37; 1 Timothy 4:4–5
- 12 1 Corinthians 10:32–33; 1 Kings 22:13–14; Matthew 17:27; 2 Corinthians 6:3; James 3:17
- 13 John 15:2; Isaiah 60:21; John 15:6; Isaiah 61:3; Psalm 92:13
- 14 Luke 6:39; Isaiah 56:10; Matthew 23:16–24; Isaiah 9:16; Malachi 2:8
- 15 Matthew 13:36; Mark 7:17; John 16:29; Mark 4:34
- 16 Matthew 16:9; Mark 9:32; Mark 7:18; Luke 9:45; Matthew 15:10
- 17 Luke 6:45; 1 Corinthians 6:13; Matthew 7:19–20; James 3:6; Colossians 2:21–22
- 18 Proverbs 15:28; Matthew 12:34; James 3:6–10; Matthew 15:11; Proverbs 15:2
- 19 Mark 7:21–23; Galatians 5:19–21; Jeremiah 17:9; James 1:13–15; Titus 3:2–6
- 20 Mark 7:3–4; 1 Corinthians 3:16–17; Luke 11:38–40; Ephesians 5:3–6; Revelation 21:8
- 21 Mark 7:24–30; Matthew 11:21–23; Joshua 13:6; Judges 1:31; Joshua 19:28–29
- 22 Matthew 9:27; Mark 7:25–26; Matthew 17:15; Psalm 45:12; Psalm 4:1
- 23 Matthew 14:15; Genesis 42:7; Psalm 28:1; Lamentations 3:8; Mark 10:47–48
- 24 Matthew 10:5–6; Romans 15:8; Acts 13:46; Jeremiah 50:6–7; Ezekiel 34:5–6
- 25 Genesis 32:26; Mark 9:22; Matthew 20:31; Hosea 12:4; Matthew 14:33
- 26 Mark 7:27–28; Matthew 7:6; Philippians 3:2; Ephesians 2:12; Galatians 2:15
- 27 Ephesians 3:8; Luke 16:21; Romans 10:12; 1 Timothy 1:13–15; Job 40:4–5
- 28 Mark 9:23–24; Matthew 8:13; Psalm 145:19; Mark 5:34; Matthew 9:22
- 29 Matthew 4:18; Matthew 5:1; John 6:1; Matthew 15:29–31; Luke 5:1
- 30 Luke 6:17–19; Acts 5:15–16; Matthew 14:35–36; Acts 19:11–12; Isaiah 35:5–6
- 31 Matthew 9:8; Luke 18:43; Genesis 32:28; Luke 17:15–18; Luke 7:16
- 32 Matthew 9:36; Luke 12:29–30; Acts 27:33; Mark 8:1–10; Matthew 14:14–21
- 33 Luke 9:13; Matthew 14:15; Mark 6:37; John 6:5–9; Mark 8:4–5
- 34 Matthew 16:9–10; Luke 24:41–42; John 21:9–10
- 35 Mark 6:39–40; John 6:10; Luke 9:14–16; Matthew 14:19–21
- 36 Luke 22:19; Romans 14:6; John 6:11; Acts 27:35; 1 Timothy 4:3–4
- 37 Matthew 14:20–21; Psalm 107:9; Mark 8:19–21; Mark 8:8–9; Matthew 15:33
- 39 Mark 8:10; Matthew 14:22
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
This woman of Canaan, who has just now been brought before us in the lesson of the Gospel, shows us an example of humility, and the way of godliness; shows us how to rise from humility unto exaltation.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Then; when? when He had wrought His countless miracles; when He had healed the infirm by the touch of the hem of His garment. For even with this intent doth the evangelist mark the time, that He might signify their unspeakable wickedness, by nothing repressed.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For [the Scripture] saith in a certain place, "This people honoureth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me." And again: "They bless with their mouth, but curse with their heart." And again it saith, "They loved Him with their mouth, and lied to Him with their tongue; but their heart was not right with Him, neither …
… the simple command of God; that is, they set up a spurious law, and one contrary to the [true] law; as also the Lord made plain, when He said to them, "Why do ye transgress the commandment of God, for the sake of your tradition?" For not only by actual transgression did they set the law of God at nought, …
For He says in the Gospel, "I am not sent save to the lost sheep of the house of Israel," which He here compared to the pupil of God's eye, to signify the profoundest love.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)