Matthew 15:8
‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:
9They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
Cross References
Proverbs 23:26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
Jeremiah 12:2You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
John 1:47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
Hebrews 3:12See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away 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 →