Wherefore My Lord hath said,—Because this people, hath drawn near with their mouth, And with their lips, have honoured me, But their heart, have they moved far from me, And so their reverence of me hath become A commandment of men in which they have been schooled,
That they may come unto thee as people do come And may sit before thee as my people, And they will hear thy words, But the, words themselves, they not do,— though fond with their mouths, they seem to be, After their unjust gain, their heart is going.
Thou didst plant them, yea they took root, They have gone on yea they have borne fruit,—Near, art thou, in their mouth, But far off from their affections,
But, he, said unto them—Well, prophesied Isaiah concerning you, ye hypocrites, as it is written—This people, with the lips do honour me, while, their heart, far off, holdeth from me,—