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Mk 7:21 ... "For inside, out of the heart of the man, the thoughts of the evils come out, prostitutions, thefts, murders, ..."

Verse 21 has 6 phrases and 15 dialog words .. esōthen gar, ek tēs kardias tōn anthrōpon oi dialogismoi oi kakoi ekporeuontai: porneiai, klopai, fonoi, ... ("Inside for, out of the heart of the man, the thoughts of the evils come out: fornications, thefts, murders, ...").

The first 10 dialog words are tangent to Jesus and the man, the last 5 come out against the first three "evil thoughts" (dark circles). Verses 21 and 22 contain twelve evil thoughts which logically should all be in one verse. However, the bible puts the first three thoughts in verse 21, the other nine in verse 22. The reasoning behind this appears to be gematria. That was the only way the 3 dark evil thoughts could come out tangent to the heart and that the last 5 dialog words would then be tangent to the triangles holding the 3 evils thoughts.

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