For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. The catalog of evil things that proceed from the heart — evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander — is the list of moral defilements that the heart produces. The list echoes the Decalogue's second table: the commandments addressing human relationships are the commandments that the evil heart violates. The Sermon on the Mount's teaching about the heart behind the command is the context for this catalog.

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