Matthew 15:8
YAAN KI NIGASH HAAM HAZEH BEFIV UVISHFATAV KI-BDUNI VLIBO RICHAK MIMENI, (This people with their lips honor me, but their heart is far away from me),
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7You tzevuim, well did Yeshayah give a dvar hanevuah concerning you, saying,
Cross References
Proverbs 23:26Beni (my son), give me thine lev, 1 and let thine eynayim delight in my drakhim. 1
Jeremiah 12:2Thou hast planted them, and they take root; 1 they grow, and they bring forth pri; 1 Thou art karov (near) in their mouth, 1 and rachok (far) from their heart. 1
John 1:47Yehoshua saw Natan'el coming to him, and he says, Hinei a genuine Ben Yisroel, in whom is no MIRMAH (deceit). + 1:47 Ps 32:2; Zeph 3:13; Isa 53:9
Hebrews 3:12Beware, Achim b'Moshiach, lest there will be in any one of you a lev rah (evil heart) without Emunah, that turns away shmad from Elohim Chayyim.
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 →