Matthew 15:7

You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6then he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition.

8‘These people draw near to Me with their mouths, and they honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:5You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Mark 7:6Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far 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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