The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Part 5

"You, then, being here in the temple, are you clean?" He says to him, "I am clean; for I washed 25 in the pool of David, and having descended by one staircase I ascended by another, and I put on white and clean garments, and then I came and looked upon these holy vessels." The Savior answered him and said, "Woe, you blind, who do not see. 30 You have washed in these running waters in which dogs and swine have been thrown night and day, and having washed the outside skin you have wiped it clean, which also harlots and flute-girls anoint 35 and wash and wipe and beautify for the lust of men; but within they are full of scorpions and all wickedness. But I and my disciples, whom you say have not 40 been baptized, have been baptized in the waters of eternal life which come from... Woe unto those..."

‘...before he does wrong makes all manner of subtle excuse. But give heed lest ye also suffer the same things as they; for the evil-doers among men receive their reward not among the living only, but also await punishment and much torment. And he took them and brought them into the very place of purification, and was walking in the temple. And a certain Pharisee, a chief priest, whose name was Levi, met them and said to the Saviour, Who gave thee leave to walk in this place of purification and to see these holy vessels, when thou hast not washed nor yet have thy disciples bathed their feet? But defiled thou hast walked in this temple, which is a pure place, wherein no other man walks except he has washed himself and changed his garments, neither does he venture to see these holy vessels. And the Saviour straightway stood still with his disciples and answered him, Art thou then, being here in the temple, clean? He saith unto him, I am clean; for I washed in the pool of David, and having descended by one staircase I ascended by another, and I put on white and clean garments, and then I came and looked upon these holy vessels. The Saviour answered and said unto him, Woe ye blind, who see not. Thou hast washed in these running waters wherein dogs’