You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied accurately about you, saying [Isa. 29:13],
Matthew 15:8 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) ‘These people [claim to] honor me with their lips [i.e., by what they say], but their heart is far from [honoring] me. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These people draw near Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts hold off and are far away from Me. American Standard Version (1901) This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me. Common English Bible This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far away from me. Catholic Public Domain Version 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This people honoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me. |
You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied accurately about you, saying [Isa. 29:13],
And He answered them, “Isaiah prophesied about you hypocrites very well when he wrote [Isa. 29:13], ‘These people honor me with their lips [i.e., by what they say], but their heart is far from [honoring] me.
[As] Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward Him, He said [this] about him, “Look, [there is] a true Israelite, a completely honest man!”
so that everyone will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The person who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
You do not have any share or involvement in this matter because your heart is not right before God.
Pay attention, brothers, so that there will not be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, [resulting] in falling away from the living God.
For [Psalm 39:12 says], “The person who loves [his] life and wants to have happy days, should avoid saying anything bad or deceptive.