Matthew 15:9
For in vain do they worship me, teaching the doctrines and commandments of men.’”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
In Context
8‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
10And having called the multitudes to him, he said to them: “Listen and understand.
Cross References
Exodus 20:7You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. For the Lord will not hold harmless one who takes the name of the Lord his God falsely.
Leviticus 26:20Your labor will be consumed to no purpose; the land will not bring forth seedlings, nor will the trees provide their fruit.
1 Samuel 25:21And David said: “Truly, in vain have I preserved all that was his in the wilderness, so that nothing perished out of all that belonged to him. And he has repaid evil to me for good.
Psalms 73:13In your virtue, you confirmed the sea. You crushed the heads of the serpents in the waters.
Ecclesiastes 5:2Dreams follow many worries, and in many words foolishness will be found.
Isaiah 29:13And the Lord said: Since this people have drawn near to me only with their mouth, and their lips glorify me while their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is based on the commandments and doctrines of men,
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 →