¹⁶ So Jesus said, ^(A)“Are you also still without understanding? ¹⁷ Do you not yet understand that ^(B)whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? ¹⁸ But ^(C)those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. ^19 (D)For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. ²⁰ These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”

¹⁸ So He said to them, ^(A)“Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him, ¹⁹ because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, ^[a]thus purifying all foods?” ²⁰ And He said, ^(B)“What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. ^21 (C)For from within, out of the heart of men, ^(D)proceed evil thoughts, ^(E)adulteries, ^(F)fornications, murders, ²² thefts, ^(G)covetousness, wickedness, ^(H)deceit, ^(I)lewdness, an evil eye, ^(J)blasphemy, ^(K)pride, foolishness. ²³ All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”