12 “you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. 13 You nullify the word of Godal by your tradition that you have handedam down. And you do many other similar things.”

14 Summoningan the crowd again, he told them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand:ao 15 Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” *

17 When he went into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing going into a person from the outside can defile him? 19 For it doesn’t go into his heart but into the stomachap and is eliminated” (thus he declared all foods cleanK,aq). 20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities,ar thefts, murders,as 22 adulteries,at greed,au evil actions, deceit,av self-indulgence,aw envy,L slander,ax pride,ay and foolishness.az 23 All these evil things come from within and defile a person.”