Matthew 15:8

Good News Translation

‘These people, says God, honor me with their words, but their heart is really far away from me.

Cross References

Proverbs 23:26

Pay close attention, son, and let my life be your example.

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.

Jeremiah 12:2

You plant them, and they take root; they grow and bear fruit. They always speak well of you, yet they do not really care about you.

Ezekiel 33:31

So my people crowd in to hear what you have to say, but they don't do what you tell them to do. Loving words are on their lips, but they continue their greedy ways.

Matthew 15:7

You hypocrites! How right Isaiah was when he prophesied about you!

Mark 7:6

Jesus answered them, “How right Isaiah was when he prophesied about you! You are hypocrites, just as he wrote: ‘These people, says God, honor me with their words, but their heart is really far away from me.

John 1:47

When Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, he said about him, “Here is a real Israelite; there is nothing false in him!”

John 5:23

so that all will honor the Son in the same way as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

Acts 8:21

You have no part or share in our work, because your heart is not right in God's sight.

Hebrews 3:12

My friends, be careful that none of you have a heart so evil and unbelieving that you will turn away from the living God.

1 Peter 3:10

As the scripture says, “If you want to enjoy life and wish to see good times, you must keep from speaking evil and stop telling lies.