20 Now, when the evening came and they were in the house, the twelve had many things to say, and many questions to propound.
21 Nathaniel asked, Was what you said about the house of flesh a parable? If so, what does it mean?
22 And Jesus said, Can you not yet discriminate? Do you not yet perceive that what a man takes in his mouth defiles him not?
23 His food goes not into his soul; it is material for flesh and bone and brawn.
24 To spirit everything is clean.
25 That which defiles a man wells up from carnal thoughts; and carnal thoughts spring from the heart, and generate a host of evil things.
26 From out the heart comes murders, thefts and foolishness. All selfish acts and sensual deeds spring from the heart.
27 To eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.
28 And Peter said, Lord, What you said today has grievously offended scribe and Pharisee.
29 And Jesus said, These scribes and Pharisees are not the scions of the tree of life; they are not plants of God; they are the plants of men, and every foreign plant shall be plucked up.