To the crowd, Jesus said,
“It’s not what goes inside
One’s mouth that makes him
Ritually clean every time.”
“Rather, what comes out
Of his mouth counts it,
To make him unclean,
And this is what’s seen.”
His disciples then said,
“Pharisees have misunderstood
And were hurt by your word
Though it’s for their good.”
Jesus replied, “Every plant
That God didn’t plant
They’re actually meant,
One day, to be pulled out.”
“Don’t worry about them.
Blind they’re, all of them.
It’s like, one blind
Leads another blind.”
“Mutually they go, but will
One day, into a ditch fall.”
Peter immediately asked for
What Jesus really stood for?
Jesus had to explain,
The same once again,
To clear Peter’s doubt
What he really meant.
“Anything that goes
Into one’s mouth lands
Into his stomach, in turn,
Out it’s to be thrown.”
“But anything that goes
Out of his mouth comes
From his heart ritually unclean,
That makes him an evil person.”
“Then he commits adultery,
And other things like robbery,
Telling lies, slandering others,
Thus he has unclean ideas.”
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
The constrast between light and darkness clearly defined. Well done, Simon. Kindest regards, Sandra