¹⁸ And he said to them, “Then ^(A)are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him,

¹⁶ And he said, ^(A)“Are you also still without understanding? ¹⁷ Do you not see that ^(B)whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled?^[a]

Warning Against Apostasy

¹¹ About this we have much to say, and it is ^(A)hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.

^2 (A)I fed you with milk, not solid food, for ^(B)you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready,

¹⁰ Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel ^(A)and yet you do not understand these things?

²⁵ And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

^13 (A)And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

¹¹ How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? ^(A)Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”