 And notice what Jesus said to the crowd. It prompts the disciples to ask a few questions. Notice verse 17. When he entered a house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. So he said to them, Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from the outside cannot defile him? Because it does not enter his heart, but his stomach. He's talking about the food. That's what they're talking about. And what is eliminated, thus purifying all foods. And he said, What comes out of a man, that defiles a man.