Matthew 15:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,

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  • Matt 7:5 : 5 You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.
  • Matt 23:23-29 : 23 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone. 24 You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel. 25 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire. 26 You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean. 27 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things. 28 Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing. 29 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say,
  • Mark 7:6 : 6 And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
  • Acts 28:25-27 : 25 And they went away, for there was a division among them after Paul had said this one thing: Well did the Holy Spirit say by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers, 26 Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you: 27 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

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  • Mark 7:5-13
    9 verses
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    5 And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?

    6 And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

    7 But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.

    8 For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.

    9 And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.

    10 For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:

    11 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God,

    12 You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother;

    13 Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.

  • Matt 15:8-10
    3 verses
    81%

    8 These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

    9 But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.

    10 And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you:

  • Matt 15:1-6
    6 verses
    80%

    1 Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

    2 Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.

    3 And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?

    4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.

    5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

    6 There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.

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    25 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.

    26 You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.

    27 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things.

    28 Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing.

    29 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say,

  • 15 And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.

  • 18 But Jesus saw their trick and said, Oh false ones, why are you attempting to put me in the wrong?

  • 17 So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

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    13 But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

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    15 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

  • 56 O false ones! the face of the earth and the heaven is clear to you; how is it that the signs of these times are not as clear to you?

  • 5 You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.

  • 26 Unhappy are you when all men give you their approval: for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

  • 13 And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;

  • 14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

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    43 A curse is on you, Pharisees! for your desires are for the most important seats in the Synagogues and for words of respect said to you in the market-place.

    44 A curse is on you! for you are like the resting-places of dead men, which are not seen, and men go walking over them without knowledge of it.

  • 47 A curse is on you! for you make resting-places for the bodies of the prophets, but your fathers put them to death.

  • 41 (Isaiah said these words because he saw his glory. His words were about him.)

  • 16 And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

  • 23 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone.

  • 7 But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.

  • 52 Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;

  • Matt 6:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

    2 When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.

  • 1 At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit.

  • 15 But the Lord gave him an answer and said, O you false men! do you not, every one of you, on the Sabbath, let loose his ox and his ass and take it to the water?

  • 3 All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.

  • 15 Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.

  • 46 Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

  • 17 And he gave them teaching, and said to them, Is it not in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer for all the nations? but you have made it a hole of thieves.