⁵ So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders^(A) instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”

¹⁴ “Surely not, Lord!”^(A) Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”^(B)

²⁸ He said to them: “You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile.^(A) But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean.^(B)

⁸ “I replied, ‘Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’