Matthew 15:8
This people draws near to me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
7Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
9But in vain, do they worship me, teaching precepts, the commandments of men.
Cross References
John 1:47And Nathaniel said to him: Can any thing good come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him: Come and see.
Hebrews 3:12Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in apostatizing from the living God.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:2-10
Jesus Reproves the Scribes and Pharisees. 1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? 4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his… Read the whole commentary →