¹⁸ And He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing going into a man from the outside can defile him? ¹⁹ For it doesn’t go into his heart but into the stomach^(A) and is eliminated.”^[a] (As a result, He made all foods clean.^[b](B)) ²⁰ Then He said, “What comes out of a person—that defiles him.