Matthew 15:8
This people draweth neere vnto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with the lips, but their heart is farre off from me.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
7O hypocrites, Esaias prophecied well of you, saying,
9But in vaine they worship me, teaching for doctrines, mens precepts.
Cross References
Proverbs 23:26My sonne, giue mee thine heart, and let thine eyes delite in my wayes.
Jeremiah 12:2Thou hast planted them, and they haue taken roote: they grow, and bring forth fruite: thou art neere in their mouth, and farre from their reines.
John 1:47Iesus sawe Nathanael comming to him, and saide of him, Beholde in deede an Israelite, in whom is no guile.
Hebrews 3:12Take heede, brethren, least at any time there be in any of you an euill heart, and vnfaithfull, to depart away from the liuing 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 →