Matthew 15:8
This people honoreth me with the lips, but their heart is far from me.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
7Ye hypocrites, well did the prophet Isaiah prophesy of you, and say:
9And in vain they pay me homage, while they teach doctrines that are the precepts of men.
Cross References
John 1:47And Jesus saw Nathaniel coming towards him, and said of him: Behold a real Israelite, in whom is no deceit.
Hebrews 3:12Beware, therefore, my brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart that believeth not, and ye depart 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 →