Matthew 15:9
VATEHI YIRATAM OTI MITZVAT ANASHIM MELUMADAH + 15:9 Isa 29:13 (and in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the mitzvot of [mere] men).
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
In Context
10And having summoned the multitude, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Listen and understand!
Cross References
Exodus 20:7Thou shalt not take the Shem Hashem Eloheicha in vain; for Hashem will not hold him guiltless that taketh Shmo in vain.
Leviticus 26:20And your ko'ach shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the etz HaAretz yield their pri.
1 Samuel 25:21Now Dovid had said, Surely for sheker have I been shomer over all that this one hath in the midbar, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him; and he hath requited me ra'ah for tovah.
Psalms 73:13Surely in vain have I cleansed my lev, 1 and washed my hands in innocency. 1
Ecclesiastes 5:2As by a multitude of cares cometh a chalom, so by a multitude of devarim cometh the kol kesil (the voice of the fool).
Isaiah 29:13Therefore Adonoi says, 1 Forasmuch as this people draw near Me with their peh, 1 and with their sfatayim do honor Me, 1 but have removed their lev far from Me, 1 and their fear toward Me 1 is mitzvat anashim melummadah (human commandments taught by rote); 1
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 →