For out of the heart proceed The enumeration follows the order of the Commandments. Evil thoughts harmful reasonings form a class under which the rest fall, indicating, too, that the transgression of the Commandments is often in thought, by Christ's law, not in deed only. For "blasphemies," which may be thought to sum up the first table, St Mark, whose order differs slightly, has "covetousness," thus completing the decalogue, and adds to the list in the text "wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, pride, foolishness."

The plurals "murders, adulteries," &c., as Meyer points out, denote the different instances and kinds of murder and adultery. Murder includes far more than the act of bloodshed.

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