He said to them, "So you do not understand, either? Do you not see how nothing outside a man can defile him by entering him?

They came up and said to him, "Teacher, we know you are sincere and fearless; you do not court human favour, you teach the Way of God honestly. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

Jesus said, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I have to drink, or undergo the baptism I have to undergo?"

shrieking aloud, "Jesus, son of God most High, what business have you with me? By God, I adjure you, do not torture me."

And he said to them, "You do not understand this parable? Then how are you to understand the other parables?