My Master says, “These people say they love me. They show honor to me with words from their mouths. But their hearts are far from me. The honor they show me is nothing but human rules they have memorized.
Titus 1:14 - Easy To Read Version Then those people will stop accepting Jewish stories. And they will stop following the commands of those people who don’t accept the truth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [And may show their soundness by] ceasing to give attention to Jewish myths and fables or to rules [laid down] by [mere] men who reject and turn their backs on the Truth. American Standard Version (1901) not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth. Common English Bible They shouldn’t pay attention to Jewish myths and commands from people who reject the truth. Catholic Public Domain Version not paying attention to Jewish fables, nor to the rules of men who have turned themselves away from the truth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men, who turn themselves away from the truth. |
My Master says, “These people say they love me. They show honor to me with words from their mouths. But their hearts are far from me. The honor they show me is nothing but human rules they have memorized.
Their worship of me is for nothing.\par The things they teach are only rules\par that people have made.’”\par \i (Isaiah 29:13)\i0 \par
Their worship of me is for nothing.\par The things they teach are only rules\par that people have made.’\par \i (Isaiah 29:13)\i0 \par
But now you know the true God. Really, it is God who knows you. So why do you turn back to those weak and useless rules you followed before? Do you want to be slaves to those things again?
These rules are talking about earthly things that are gone after they are used. These rules are only commands and teachings from people, \{not God\}.
People will stop listening to the truth. They will begin to follow the teaching in false stories.
You know that a person like that is evil and sinful. His sins prove that he is wrong.
Be careful and don’t refuse to listen when God speaks. Those people (Israelites) refused to listen to him when he warned them on earth. And those people did not escape. Now God is speaking from heaven. So now it will be worse for those people who refuse to listen to him.
What those people did is like this true saying: “When a dog vomits (throws up), he comes back to his vomit.” {\cf2\super [10]} And, “After a pig is washed, the pig goes back and rolls in the mud again.”