Matthew 15:9 - Tree of Life Version

⁹ And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ But in vain they do worship me, Teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Uselessly do they worship Me, for they teach as doctrines the commands of men. [Isa. 29:13.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.

Common English Bible

⁹ Their worship of me is empty since they teach instructions that are human rules.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ For in vain do they worship me, teaching the doctrines and commandments of men.' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men.

Matthew 15:9 Cross References

Psalm 39:6

Behold, You made my days mere hand-breadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Surely all humanity is but vapor. Selah

Psalm 73:13

Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure, and washed my hands in innocence.

Exodus 20:7

“You must not take the Name of Adonai your God in vain, for Adonai will not hold him guiltless that takes His Name in vain.

Isaiah 29:13

So Adonai says, “Since these people draw near with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, yet their hearts are far from Me, and their fear of Me is a mitzvah taught by men.

Leviticus 26:16

then I will do the following to you in return. I will appoint terror over you, wasting disease and fever that will dim the eyes and cause the soul to pine away. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.

Leviticus 26:20

Also your strength will be spent in vain, for your land will not yield its increase, nor will the trees of the land yield their fruit.

Malachi 3:14

You say: “Serving God is worthless.” Also: “What good is it that we kept His service or that we walked as mourners before Adonai-Tzva’ot?

Matthew 15:10

Then Yeshua called the crowd and said to them, “Hear and understand.

Mark 7:7

And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’

1 Corinthians 15:2

and by it you are being saved if you hold firm to the word I proclaimed to you—unless you believed without proper consideration.

1 Timothy 1:4

or to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies. These give rise to useless speculations rather than God’s training which is in faithfulness.

Titus 1:14

not paying attention to Judaic myths and commands of men who turn away from the truth.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace—not by foods that have not benefited those occupied by them.

James 2:20

But do you want to know, you empty person, that faith without works is dead?

Revelation 22:18

I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book. If anyone adds to them, God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book;

1 Samuel 25:21

Now David had been saying, “Surely in vain I’ve guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missing of all that belonged to him—yet he has returned me evil for good.