Matthew 15:7

Hypocrites! well has Esaias prophesied about you, saying,

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

In Context

6and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching.

8This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;

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Cross References

Matthew 7:5Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou wilt see clearly to cast out the mote out of the eye of thy brother.

Mark 7:6But he answering said to them, Well did Esaias prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honour me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me.

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 →

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