Matthew 15:9

Good News Translation (US Version)

It is no use for them to worship me, because they teach human rules as though they were my laws!’”

Cross References

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord said, “These people claim to worship me, but their words are meaningless, and their hearts are somewhere else. Their religion is nothing but human rules and traditions, which they have simply memorized.

Mark 7:7

It is no use for them to worship me, because they teach human rules as though they were my laws!’

1 Timothy 1:4

Tell them to give up those legends and those long lists of ancestors, which only produce arguments; they do not serve God's plan, which is known by faith.

Titus 1:14

and no longer hold on to Jewish legends and to human commandments which come from people who have rejected the truth.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not let all kinds of strange teachings lead you from the right way. It is good to receive inner strength from God's grace, and not by obeying rules about foods; those who obey these rules have not been helped by them.

James 2:20

You fool! Do you want to be shown that faith without actions is useless?

1 Samuel 25:21

David had been thinking, “Why did I ever protect that fellow's property out here in the wilderness? Not a thing that belonged to him was stolen, and this is how he pays me back for the help I gave him!

Deuteronomy 12:32

“Do everything that I have commanded you; do not add anything to it or take anything from it.

Exodus 20:7

“Do not use my name for evil purposes, for I, the Lord your God, will punish anyone who misuses my name.

Psalm 73:13

Is it for nothing, then, that I have kept myself pure and have not committed sin?

Psalm 39:6

no more than a shadow. All we do is for nothing; we gather wealth, but don't know who will get it.

Leviticus 26:20

All your hard work will do you no good, because your land will not produce crops and the trees will not bear fruit.

Leviticus 26:16

I will punish you. I will bring disaster on you—incurable diseases and fevers that will make you blind and cause your life to waste away. You will plant your crops, but it will do you no good, because your enemies will conquer you and eat what you have grown.

Revelation 22:18

I, John, solemnly warn everyone who hears the prophetic words of this book: if any add anything to them, God will add to their punishment the plagues described in this book.

Malachi 3:14

You have said, ‘It's useless to serve God. What's the use of doing what he says or of trying to show the Lord Almighty that we are sorry for what we have done?

1 Corinthians 15:2

That is the gospel, the message that I preached to you. You are saved by the gospel if you hold firmly to it—unless it was for nothing that you believed.

Matthew 15:10

Then Jesus called the crowd to him and said to them, “Listen and understand!