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 # Why are you thinking this in your hearts?
 
-Jesus uses this question to tell the scribes that what they are thinking is wrong. Alternate translation: "What you are thinking is wrong." or "Do not think that I am blaspheming." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
+"What you are thinking is wrong." or "Do not think that I am blaspheming." 
 
 # this in your hearts
 
-The word "hearts" is a metonym for their inner thoughts and desires. Alternate translation: "this inside yourselves" or "these things" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+"this inside yourselves" or "these things"