Mark.7.18

And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;

Mark.7.18

It doesn't enter your heart but your stomach, works its way through the intestines, and is finally flushed." (That took care of dietary quibbling; Jesus was saying that all foods are fit to eat.)

Mark.7.18

"Are you so dull?" he asked. "Don't you see that nothing that enters a man from the outside can make him 'unclean'?

Mark.7.18

So He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him,