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Mat_15:17 ff. Οὔπω νοεῖτε , κ . τ . λ .] Do you not yet understand that, and so on, notwithstanding all that I have already done to develope your minds?
Food and drink are simply things that pass into the stomach to be digested there, and have nothing in common with man’s spiritual nature, with his reason, his will, and his affections and desires ( καρδία , the centre of the whole inner life, see note on Mat_22:37). Notice the contrast between εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν (abdominal cavity, see note on Joh_7:38) and ἐκ τῆς καρδίας .
Mat_15:19. Proof of what is said in Mat_15:18 : for the heart is the place where immoral thoughts, murders, adulteries, and so on, therefore where inward and outward sins, are first conceived, and from which they pass into actual transgressions. Accordingly, it is that which comes out of the heart, and expresses itself by means of the mouth (Mat_15:18), which defiles the man as a moral being. The opposite case, in which the heart sends forth what is good, presupposes conversion.
The plurals denote different instances of murder, adultery, and so on (Kühner, II. 1, p. 15 f.; Maetzner, ad Lycurg. p. 144 f.), and render the language more forcible (Bremi, ad Aeschin. p. 326).
βλασφημ .] i.e. against one’s neighbour, on account of the connection with ψευδομ . Comp. note on Eph_4:31.