Mark 7:16-18

New Catholic Bible

¹⁶ If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!]”^[a]

¹⁷ When he had gone into the house, away from the crowds, his disciples questioned him about the parable. ¹⁸ He said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not realize that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him,