Matthew 15:8

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Proverbs 23:26

Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;

Isaiah 29:13

The sovereign master says, “These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.

Jeremiah 12:2

You plant them like trees and they put down their roots. They grow prosperous and are very fruitful. They always talk about you, but they really care nothing about you.

Ezekiel 33:31

They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.

Matthew 15:7

Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

Mark 7:6

He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is 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 exclaimed, “Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”

John 5:23

so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

Acts 8:21

You have no share or part in this matter because your heart is not right before God!

Hebrews 3:12

See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes the living God.

1 Peter 3:10

For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.