Matthew 15:9

Contemporary English Version 1995

It is useless for you to worship me, when you teach rules made up by humans.”

Cross References

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord has said: “These people praise me with their words, but they never really think about me. They worship me by repeating rules made up by humans.

Mark 7:7

It is useless for you to worship me, when you teach rules made up by humans.”

1 Timothy 1:4

You needed to warn them to stop wasting their time on senseless stories and endless lists of ancestors. Such things only cause arguments. They don't help anyone to do God's work that can only be done by faith.

Titus 1:14

Don't pay any attention to any of those senseless Jewish stories and human commands. These are made up by people who won't obey the truth.

Hebrews 13:9

Don't be fooled by any kind of strange teachings. It is better to receive strength from God's gift of undeserved grace than to depend on certain foods. After all, these foods don't really help the people who eat them.

James 2:20

Does some stupid person want proof that faith without deeds is useless?

1 Samuel 25:21

David had just been saying, “I surely wasted my time guarding Nabal's things in the desert and keeping them from being stolen! I was good to him, and now he pays me back with insults.

Deuteronomy 12:32

Obey all the laws and teachings I am giving you. Don't add any, and don't take any away.

Exodus 20:7

Do not misuse my name. I am the Lord your God, and I will punish anyone who misuses my name.

Psalm 73:13

What good did it do me to keep my thoughts pure and refuse to do wrong?

Psalm 39:6

and it disappears like a shadow. Our struggles are senseless; we store up more and more, without ever knowing who will get it all.

Leviticus 26:20

All of your hard work will be for nothing—and there will be no harvest of grain or fruit.

Leviticus 26:16

I will punish you terribly, and you will be ruined. You will be struck with incurable diseases and with fever that leads to blindness and depression. Your enemies will eat the crops you plant,

Revelation 22:18

Here is my warning for everyone who hears the prophecies in this book: If you add anything to them, God will make you suffer all the terrible troubles written in this book.

Malachi 3:14

Here is what you have said: “It's foolish to serve the Lord God All-Powerful. What do we get for obeying God and from going around looking sad?

1 Corinthians 15:2

You will be saved by this message, if you hold firmly to it. But if you don't, your faith was all for nothing.

Matthew 15:10

Jesus called the crowd together and said, “Pay attention and try to understand what I mean.