And He saidto them, "Are you solacking in understandingalso?Do you not understandthat whatevergoesinto the manfrom outsidecannotdefilehim,
"[It is] not whatentersinto the mouth[that] defilesthe man,but whatproceedsout of the mouth,thisdefilesthe man."
"Howis it that you do not understandthat I did not speakto you concerningbread?But bewareof the leavenof the Phariseesand Sadducees."
And He saidto them, "Do you not understandthisparable?Howwill you understandallthe parables?
Whenhe had leftthe crowd[and] enteredthe house,His disciplesquestionedHim about the parable.
becauseit does not gointo his heart,but into his stomach,and is eliminated?"([Thus He] declaredallfoodsclean.)
And He saidto them, "Ofoolish menand slowof heartto believein allthat the prophetshave spoken!
Jesusansweredand saidto him, "Are you the teacherof Israeland do not understandthese things?
I gaveyou milkto drink,not solid food;for you were not yetable[to receive it]. Indeed,evennowyou are not yetable,
Concerninghim we have muchto say,and [it is] hard to explain,sinceyou have becomedullof hearing.
