{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_vul_mat015_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_vul_mat015_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_vul_mat015_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/vul/mat015.htm","summary":"This is a passage of Latin scripture comprising Matthew 15:1\u201339 from the Vulgate Bible, the fourth-century Latin translation of the New Testament. The passage contains three distinct episodes from Jesus's ministry: a dispute with Pharisees over ritual purity (handwashing), in which Jesus argues that defilement comes from within a person rather than from external observance; an encounter with a Canaanite woman whose daughter he heals after initially deflecting her as a Gentile; and a second miraculous feeding of a large crowd (four thousand men) from seven loaves and a few fish. The central theological argument is Jesus's inversion of purity codes \u2014 redirecting the concept of uncleanness from bodily ritual to moral intention \u2014 illustrated by his quotation of Isaiah accusing the Pharisees of honoring God with their lips while their hearts are distant. Notably, the Canaanite woman episode presents a rare moment of apparent reluctance on Jesus's part, resolved by her persistence and rhetorical sharpness, which he explicitly praises as great faith. A reader interested in the synoptic gospels, early Christian ethics, the tension between Jewish law and emerging Christian teaching, or Latin Vulgate scholarship would find this passage directly relevant.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Vulgate: Matthew: Matthew Chapter 15","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":590}