And he says to them, Are also ye so without understanding? Do ye not perceive that everything outside that enters into the man cannot defile him,
About whom, much subject matter from us is also difficult to explain, since ye have become sluggish in hearing.
And he said to them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets spoke.
How do ye not understand that I spoke to you not about bread, to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?
I gave you milk to drink and not solid food, for ye were not yet able. But not even yet are ye able,
Jesus answered and said to him, Thou are the teacher of Israel, and do not understand these things?
And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? And how will ye understand all the parables?
Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man, but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.
And when he entered into a house from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about the parable.
because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the toilet (making all foods clean)?