^{15 Ref} Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us."

^{16 Ref} So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand?

^{17 Ref} Don't you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?

^{18 Ref} But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

^{19 Ref} For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

^{20 Ref} These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile the man."