Matthew 15:8 - English Standard Version 2016 “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; Matoleo zaidiKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These people draw near Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts hold off and are far away from Me. American Standard Version (1901) This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me. Common English Bible This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far away from me. Catholic Public Domain Version 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This people honoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me. |
And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,
You plant them, and they take root; they grow and produce fruit; you are near in their mouth and far from their heart.
And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.
And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!”
that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.
Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.
For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;