¹⁶ And he said, ^(A)“Are you also still without understanding?

^9 (A)Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember ^(B)the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?

^32 (A)But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

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,

What Defiles a Person

¹⁰ And he called the people to him and said to them, ^(A)“Hear and understand:

¹² For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again ^(A)the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need ^(B)milk, not solid food,

⁴⁵ Then ^(A)he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

^34 (A)But they understood none of these things. ^(B)This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.

^45 (A)But they did not understand this saying, and ^(B)it was concealed from them, so that they might not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

¹⁷ And ^(A)Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? ^(B)Do you not yet perceive ^(C)or understand? ^(D)Are your hearts hardened? ^18 (E)Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?