The Lord said, *Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a mitzvah of men which has been taught;
They come to you as the people comes, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don't do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.
He answered them, *Well did Yeshaiyahu prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.