Matthew 15:8
‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far away from Me.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
7Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you saying:
9But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
Cross References
John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and says about him, “ There, a genuine Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”
Hebrews 3:12—take care, brothers, that there not be a malignant heart of unbelief in any of you, so as to go 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 →