15 There is nothing outside the man that can make him unholy by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of the man that makes the man unholy.”
16 [footnote: Some mss. Add: If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.]
17 When He had left the crowd and entered the house, His disciples questioned Him about the parable.
18 And He said to them, “Are you then also lacking understanding? Don’t you grasp that whatever goes into the man cannot make him unholy?
19 For it does not enter into the heart but into the stomach, and then goes out into the sewer, cleansing all foods.”
20 And He continued, “It is what comes out of the man that makes the man unholy.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, come evil intentions, sexual immorality, theft, murder,