¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, “He has a demon! ”^(A)

² They observed that some of his disciples were eating bread with unclean^(A) – that is, unwashed – hands.

⁵ So the Pharisees^(A) and the scribes^(B) asked him, ‘Why don’t your disciples live^[a] according to the tradition of the elders,^(C) instead of eating bread with ceremonially unclean^[b] hands? ’

⁹ Don’t you know that the unrighteous^(A) will not inherit God’s kingdom?^(B) Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters,^(C) adulterers,^(D) or males who have sex with males,^{[a](E) 10} no thieves,^(F) greedy^(G) people, drunkards, verbally abusive people,^(H) or swindlers^(I) will inherit God’s kingdom.