^{10 Ref} for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

^{11 Ref} and ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), `is' whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine,

¹² and no more do ye suffer him to do anything for his father or for his mother,

^{13 Ref} setting aside the word of God for your tradition that ye delivered; and many such like things ye do.'

^{14 Ref} And having called near all the multitude, he said to them, `Hearken to me, ye all, and understand;

^{15 Ref} there is nothing from without the man entering into him that is able to defile him, but the things coming out from him, those are the things defiling the man.

¹⁶ If any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.'

^{17 Ref} And when he entered into a house from the multitude, his disciples were questioning him about the simile,

^{18 Ref} and he saith to them, `So also ye are without understanding! Do ye not perceive that nothing from without entering into the man is able to defile him?

^{19 Ref} because it doth not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it doth go out, purifying all the meats.'

^{20 Ref} And he said -- `That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man;

^{21 Ref} for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,

^{22 Ref} thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, pride, foolishness;

^{23 Ref} all these evils do come forth from within, and they defile the man.'