¹⁴ And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you and understand;

¹⁵ there is nothing from outside the man that entering into him can defile him, but the things which come out of him, those are what defile the man.

¹⁶ If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁷ And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

¹⁸ And he said unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not understand that anything from outside that enters into the man cannot defile him?

¹⁹ Because it enters not into his heart, but into the belly, and the man goes out to the privy and purges all foods.

²⁰ For he had said that it is what comes out of the man that defiles the man.

²¹ For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth the evil thoughts, the adulteries, the fornications, the murders,

²² the thefts, the covetousness, the wickedness, the deceit, the lasciviousness, the evil eye, the slander, the pride, the unwiseness:

²³ all these evil things come out from within and defile the man.