^{15 Ref} And Peter answering said to him, `Explain to us this simile.'

^{16 Ref} And Jesus said, `Are ye also yet without understanding?

^{17 Ref} do ye not understand that all that is going into the mouth doth pass into the belly, and into the drain is cast forth?

^{18 Ref} but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man;

^{19 Ref} for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:

^{20 Ref} these are the things defiling the man; but to eat with unwashen hands doth not defile the man.'