Matthew 15:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ ‘This people draw near to Me with their mouth, and respect Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ 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

⁸ 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)

⁸ This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.

Common English Bible

⁸ This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far away from me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

Matthew 15:8 Cross References

Proverbs 23:26

My son, give me your heart, And let your eyes watch my ways.

Isaiah 29:13

And יהוה  says, “Because this people has drawn near with its mouth, and with its lips they have esteemed Me, and it has kept its heart far from Me, and their fear of Me has become a command of men that is taught!

Jeremiah 12:2

You have planted them and they have taken root, they grow and they bear fruit. You are near in their mouth but far from their kidneys.

Ezekiel 33:31

“And they come to you as people do, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love – their hearts pursue their greedy gain.

Matthew 15:7

“Hypocrites! Yeshayahu rightly prophesied about you, saying,

Mark 7:6

And He answering, said to them, “Well did Yeshayahu prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it has been written, ‘This people respect Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.

John 1:47

יהושע  saw Nethanĕ

John 5:23

that all should value the Son even as they value the Father. He who does not value the Son does not value the Father who sent Him.

Acts 8:21

“You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before Elohim.

Hebrews 3:12

Look out, brothers, lest there be in any of you a wicked heart of unbelief in falling away from the living Elohim,

1 Peter 3:10

For “He who wishes to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit,