¹⁴ And he again called the people, and said to them, Ye all hear me, and understand.

¹⁵ Nothing that is without a man, that entereth into him, may defoul him [Nothing without man is entering into him, that may defoul him]; but those things that come forth of a man, those it be that defoul a man.

¹⁶ If any man have ears of hearing [Forsooth if any man have ears to hear], hear he.

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

¹⁸ And he said to them [And he saith to them], [So] Ye be unwise also. Understand ye not, that all thing withoutforth that entereth into a man, may not defoul him?

¹⁹ for it hath not entered into his heart, but into the womb, and beneath it goeth out, purging all meats.

²⁰ But he said, The things that go out of a man, those defoul a man.

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

²² thefts, avarices [covetousness, or over-hard keeping of goods], wickednesses, guile, unchastity, [an] evil eye, blasphemies [blasphemy], pride, folly.

²³ All these evils come forth from within, and defoul a man,