Matthew 15:8

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 23:26

My son, offer me your heart, and let your eyes keep to my ways.

Isaiah 29:13

And the Lord said: Since this people have drawn near to me only with their mouth, and their lips glorify me while their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is based on the commandments and doctrines of men,

Jeremiah 12:2

You planted them, and they took root. They are prospering and bearing fruit. You are near to their mouths, but far from their hearts.

Ezekiel 33:31

And they come to you, as if the people were entering, and my people sit before you. And they listen to your words, but they do not do them. For they turn them into a song for their mouth, but their heart pursues their own avarice.

Matthew 15:7

Hypocrites! How well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:

Mark 7:6

But in response, he said to them: "So well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, just as it has been written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and he said about him, "Behold, an Israelite in whom truly there is no deceit."

John 5:23

so that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son, does not honor the Father who sent him.

Acts 8:21

There is no part or place for you in this matter. For your heart is not upright in the sight of God.

Hebrews 3:12

Be cautious, brothers, lest perhaps there may be, in any of you, an evil heart of unbelief, turning aside from the living God.

1 Peter 3:10

For whoever wants to love life and to see good days should restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips, so that they utter no deceit.