¹⁸ And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Perceive ye not, that whatsoever from without goeth into the man, `it' cannot defile him;

¹⁶ And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding?

¹⁷ Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

⁹ Whom will he teach knowledge? and whom will he make to understand the message? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?

¹⁰ For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.

⁴ Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:

⁵ I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

¹¹ How is it that ye do not perceive that I spake not to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

¹³ And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?

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

¹⁰ Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?

² I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able `to bear it': nay, not even now are ye able;

¹¹ Of whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing.