diff --git a/src/Components/Blocks/BlockQuote.php b/src/Components/Blocks/BlockQuote.php
index d97c85d..be0bb6c 100644
--- a/src/Components/Blocks/BlockQuote.php
+++ b/src/Components/Blocks/BlockQuote.php
@@ -102,11 +102,14 @@ final class BlockQuote implements ContinuableBlock
         return new Handler(
             /** @return Element */
             function (State $State) {
-                return new Element(
-                    'blockquote',
-                    [],
-                    $State->applyTo((new Parsedown($State))->lines($this->Lines))
+                list($StateRenderables, $State) = Parsedown::lines(
+                    $this->Lines,
+                    $State
                 );
+
+                $Renderables = $State->applyTo($StateRenderables);
+
+                return new Element('blockquote', [], $Renderables);
             }
         );
     }
diff --git a/src/Components/Blocks/Header.php b/src/Components/Blocks/Header.php
index a53bae1..3a50a66 100644
--- a/src/Components/Blocks/Header.php
+++ b/src/Components/Blocks/Header.php
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ final class Header implements Block
                 return new Element(
                     'h' . \strval($this->level),
                     [],
-                    $State->applyTo((new Parsedown($State))->line($this->text))
+                    $State->applyTo(Parsedown::line($this->text, $State))
                 );
             }
         );
diff --git a/src/Components/Blocks/Paragraph.php b/src/Components/Blocks/Paragraph.php
index c5eb3c6..acf4b21 100644
--- a/src/Components/Blocks/Paragraph.php
+++ b/src/Components/Blocks/Paragraph.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ final class Paragraph implements ContinuableBlock
                 return new Element(
                     'p',
                     [],
-                    $State->applyTo((new Parsedown($State))->line($this->text))
+                    $State->applyTo(Parsedown::line($this->text, $State))
                 );
             }
         );
diff --git a/src/Components/Blocks/SetextHeader.php b/src/Components/Blocks/SetextHeader.php
index 17282cb..3f59dfe 100644
--- a/src/Components/Blocks/SetextHeader.php
+++ b/src/Components/Blocks/SetextHeader.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ final class SetextHeader implements Block
                 return new Element(
                     'h' . \strval($this->level),
                     [],
-                    $State->applyTo((new Parsedown($State))->line($this->text))
+                    $State->applyTo(Parsedown::line($this->text, $State))
                 );
             }
         );
diff --git a/src/Components/Blocks/TList.php b/src/Components/Blocks/TList.php
index de4d51c..b82e985 100644
--- a/src/Components/Blocks/TList.php
+++ b/src/Components/Blocks/TList.php
@@ -295,7 +295,12 @@ final class TList implements ContinuableBlock
                                 $Lines = $Lines->appendingBlankLines(1);
                             }
 
-                            $Renderables = $State->applyTo((new Parsedown($State))->lines($Lines));
+                            list($StateRenderables, $State) = Parsedown::lines(
+                                $Lines,
+                                $State
+                            );
+
+                            $Renderables = $State->applyTo($StateRenderables);
 
                             if (! $Lines->containsBlankLines()
                                 && isset($Renderables[0])
diff --git a/src/Components/Blocks/Table.php b/src/Components/Blocks/Table.php
index 194abc7..7e3f03c 100644
--- a/src/Components/Blocks/Table.php
+++ b/src/Components/Blocks/Table.php
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ final class Table implements ContinuableBlock
                             return new Element(
                                 'th',
                                 isset($alignment) ? ['style' => "text-align: $alignment;"] : [],
-                                $State->applyTo((new Parsedown($State))->line($cell))
+                                $State->applyTo(Parsedown::line($cell, $State))
                             );
                         },
                         $this->headerCells,
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ final class Table implements ContinuableBlock
                                     return new Element(
                                         'td',
                                         isset($alignment) ? ['style' => "text-align: $alignment;"] : [],
-                                        $State->applyTo((new Parsedown($State))->line($cell))
+                                        $State->applyTo(Parsedown::line($cell, $State))
                                     );
                                 },
                                 $cells,
diff --git a/src/Components/Inlines/Emphasis.php b/src/Components/Inlines/Emphasis.php
index 52c63de..289ea40 100644
--- a/src/Components/Inlines/Emphasis.php
+++ b/src/Components/Inlines/Emphasis.php
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ final class Emphasis implements Inline
                 return new Element(
                     $this->type,
                     [],
-                    $State->applyTo((new Parsedown($State))->line($this->text))
+                    $State->applyTo(Parsedown::line($this->text, $State))
                 );
             }
         );
diff --git a/src/Components/Inlines/Image.php b/src/Components/Inlines/Image.php
index 977ad6d..053d40e 100644
--- a/src/Components/Inlines/Image.php
+++ b/src/Components/Inlines/Image.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ final class Image implements Inline
                 $attributes = [
                     'src' => $this->Link->url(),
                     'alt' => \array_reduce(
-                        (new Parsedown($State))->inlines($this->Link->label()),
+                        Parsedown::inlines($this->Link->label(), $State),
                         /**
                          * @param string $text
                          * @return string
diff --git a/src/Components/Inlines/Link.php b/src/Components/Inlines/Link.php
index 81d2a87..af9c27c 100644
--- a/src/Components/Inlines/Link.php
+++ b/src/Components/Inlines/Link.php
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ final class Link implements Inline
                 return new Element(
                     'a',
                     $attributes,
-                    $State->applyTo((new Parsedown($State))->line($this->label))
+                    $State->applyTo(Parsedown::line($this->label, $State))
                 );
             }
         );
diff --git a/src/Components/Inlines/Strikethrough.php b/src/Components/Inlines/Strikethrough.php
index b66d344..e41af82 100644
--- a/src/Components/Inlines/Strikethrough.php
+++ b/src/Components/Inlines/Strikethrough.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ final class Strikethrough implements Inline
                 return new Element(
                     'del',
                     [],
-                    $State->applyTo((new Parsedown($State))->line($this->text))
+                    $State->applyTo(Parsedown::line($this->text, $State))
                 );
             }
         );
diff --git a/src/Parsedown.php b/src/Parsedown.php
index cd93cd6..3890188 100644
--- a/src/Parsedown.php
+++ b/src/Parsedown.php
@@ -43,13 +43,12 @@ final class Parsedown
      */
     public function text($text)
     {
-        $InitialState = $this->State;
+        list($StateRenderables, $State) = self::lines(
+            Lines::fromTextLines($text, 0),
+            $this->State
+        );
 
-        $StateRenderables = $this->lines(Lines::fromTextLines($text, 0));
-
-        $Renderables = $this->State->applyTo($StateRenderables);
-
-        $this->State = $InitialState;
+        $Renderables = $State->applyTo($StateRenderables);
 
         $html = self::render($Renderables);
 
@@ -60,21 +59,25 @@ final class Parsedown
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return StateRenderable[]
+     * @return array{0: StateRenderable[], 1: State}
      */
-    public function lines(Lines $Lines)
+    public static function lines(Lines $Lines, State $State)
     {
-        return \array_map(
+        list($Blocks, $State) = self::blocks($Lines, $State);
+
+        $StateRenderables = \array_map(
             /** @return StateRenderable */
             function (Block $Block) { return $Block->stateRenderable(); },
-            $this->blocks($Lines)
+            $Blocks
         );
+
+        return [$StateRenderables, $State];
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return Block[]
+     * @return array{0: Block[], 1: State}
      */
-    public function blocks(Lines $Lines)
+    public static function blocks(Lines $Lines, State $State)
     {
         /** @var Block[] */
         $Blocks = [];
@@ -103,16 +106,16 @@ final class Parsedown
             $marker = $Line->text()[0];
 
             $potentialBlockTypes = \array_merge(
-                $this->State->get(BlockTypes::class)->unmarked(),
-                $this->State->get(BlockTypes::class)->markedBy($marker)
+                $State->get(BlockTypes::class)->unmarked(),
+                $State->get(BlockTypes::class)->markedBy($marker)
             );
 
             foreach ($potentialBlockTypes as $blockType) {
-                $Block = $blockType::build($Context, $CurrentBlock, $this->State);
+                $Block = $blockType::build($Context, $CurrentBlock, $State);
 
                 if (isset($Block)) {
                     if ($Block instanceof StateUpdatingBlock) {
-                        $this->State = $Block->latestState();
+                        $State = $Block->latestState();
                     }
 
                     if (isset($CurrentBlock) && ! $Block->acquiredPrevious()) {
@@ -144,19 +147,19 @@ final class Parsedown
             $Blocks[] = $CurrentBlock;
         }
 
-        return $Blocks;
+        return [$Blocks, $State];
     }
 
     /**
      * @param string $text
      * @return StateRenderable[]
      */
-    public function line($text)
+    public static function line($text, State $State)
     {
         return \array_map(
             /** @return StateRenderable */
             function (Inline $Inline) { return $Inline->stateRenderable(); },
-            $this->inlines($text)
+            self::inlines($text, $State)
         );
     }
 
@@ -164,7 +167,7 @@ final class Parsedown
      * @param string $text
      * @return Inline[]
      */
-    public function inlines($text)
+    public static function inlines($text, State $State)
     {
         # standardize line breaks
         $text = \str_replace(["\r\n", "\r"], "\n", $text);
@@ -174,7 +177,7 @@ final class Parsedown
 
         # $excerpt is based on the first occurrence of a marker
 
-        $InlineTypes = $this->State->get(InlineTypes::class);
+        $InlineTypes = $State->get(InlineTypes::class);
         $markerMask = $InlineTypes->markers();
 
         for (
@@ -187,7 +190,7 @@ final class Parsedown
             foreach ($InlineTypes->markedBy($marker) as $inlineType) {
                 # check to see if the current inline type is nestable in the current context
 
-                $Inline = $inlineType::build($Excerpt, $this->State);
+                $Inline = $inlineType::build($Excerpt, $State);
 
                 if (! isset($Inline)) {
                     continue;