Matthew 15:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

This people draweth nye vnto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lippes: howbeit, their hearts are farre from me.

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  • Isa 29:13 : 13 Therfore thus hath the Lorde sayd: Forsomuche as this people when they be in trouble, do honour me with their mouth and with their lippes, but their heart is farre fro me, and the feare whiche they haue vnto me proceedeth of a commaundement that is taught of men:
  • Acts 8:21 : 21 Thou hast neither part nor felowship in this busynesse: For thy hearte is not ryght in the syght of God.
  • Jer 12:2 : 2 Thou plantest them, they take roote, they growe, and bryng foorth fruite: they boast much of thee, yet art thou farre from their raynes.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 They come vnto thee as the people vseth to come, and my people syt before thee, and heare thy wordes, but they do not therafter: for in their mouthes they make a iest of them, and their heart goeth after their couetousnes.
  • John 1:47 : 47 Iesus sawe Nathanael commyng to hym, & sayeth of hym: Beholde a ryght Israelite, in whom is no guile.
  • Heb 3:12 : 12 Take heede brethren, lest at any tyme there be in you an euyll heart of vnbeliefe, to depart from the lyuyng God:
  • 1 Pet 3:10 : 10 For he that doeth long after lyfe, and loueth to see good dayes, let hym refrayne his tongue from euyll, and his lippes, that they speake no guyle.
  • Prov 23:26 : 26 My sonne geue me thyne heart, and let thyne eyes haue pleasure in my wayes:

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    6He aunswered, and sayde vnto them, that Esaias hath prophesied well of you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honoreth me with their lippes, but their heart is farre from me.

    7Howebeit, in vayne do they worship me, teachyng doctrines, the commaundementes of men.

    8For ye laye the commaundement of God apart, and obserue the tradition of me: as the wasshing of pottes & cuppes. And many other such like thinges ye do.

    9And he sayde vnto them: Well, ye cast asyde the commaundement of God, to mayntayne your owne tradition.

  • Isa 29:13
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    13Therfore thus hath the Lorde sayd: Forsomuche as this people when they be in trouble, do honour me with their mouth and with their lippes, but their heart is farre fro me, and the feare whiche they haue vnto me proceedeth of a commaundement that is taught of men:

  • Matt 15:9-11
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    9But in vayne do they worshippe me, teachyng doctrine, preceptes of men.

    10And he called the people to hym, and sayde vnto them: heare, & vnderstande.

    11That which goeth into the mouth, defyleth not the man: but that which commeth out of the mouth, defyleth the man.

  • Matt 15:5-7
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    5But ye say, whosoeuer shall say to father or mother: by the gyft that is offered of me, thou shalt be helped:

    6And so shall he not honour his father or his mother. And thus haue ye made the commaundement of God, of none effect, by your tradition.

    7Hypocrites, full well dyd Esayas prophecie of you, saying:

  • Ezek 33:31
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    31They come vnto thee as the people vseth to come, and my people syt before thee, and heare thy wordes, but they do not therafter: for in their mouthes they make a iest of them, and their heart goeth after their couetousnes.

  • Matt 15:18-20
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    18But those thynges which proceade out of the mouth, come foorth from the heart, and they defyle the man.

    19For out of the heart, proceade euyll thoughtes, murders, adulteries, whordomes, theftes, false witnesse, blasphemyes.

    20These are the thynges, which defyle a man: But to eate with vnwasshen handes, defyleth not a man.

  • Luke 16:15
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    15And he sayde vnto them, Ye are they which iustifie your selues before men: but God knoweth your heartes. For that which is hyghly esteemed among men, is abhominable in the syght of God.

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    14And in them is fulfylled the prophesie of Esaias, saying: by hearyng ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstande, and seeyng, ye shall see, & shall not perceaue.

    15For this peoples heart is waxed grosse, and their eares are dull of hearyng, and their eyes haue they closed: lest at any tyme they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and shoulde vnderstande with their heart, & shoulde conuert, that I myght heale them.

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    28Euen so, ye also, outwardly appeare ryghteous vnto men: But within, ye are full of hypocrisie and iniquitie.

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    2Euery one vseth vayne talke with his neyghbour: and speaketh with a double heart out of flatteryng lippes.

  • Matt 23:3-6
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    3All therfore, whatsoeuer they bid you obserue, that obserue and do: but do not ye after their workes, for they say, and do not.

    4Yea, they bynde together heauy burthens, and greeuous to be borne, and lay them on mens shoulders: but they them selues wyll not moue them with one of their fingers.

    5All their workes they do, for to be sene of men: They make broade their philacteries, and enlarge the hemmes of their garmentes.

    6And loue the vppermost seates at feastes, and to syt in the chiefe place in councels,

  • John 12:43
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    43For they loued the prayse of men, more then the prayse of God.

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    8They eate vp the sinnes of my people, and encourage them in their wickednesse.

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    25Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites: for ye make cleane the vtter syde of the cup, & of the platter: but within they are full of brybery & excesse.

    26Thou blynde Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outsyde of them may be cleane also.

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    9For no trueth is in their mouth, their inwarde partes are very wickednesse: their throte is an open sepulchre, they flatter with their tongue.

  • Luke 6:46
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    46Why call ye me Lorde, Lorde, and do not as I byd you?

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    16Moreouer, when ye fast, be not of an heauy countenaunce, as hypocrites are. For they disfigure theyr faces, that they myght appeare vnto men, to fast. Ueryly I say vnto you, they haue theyr rewarde.

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    1Take heede to your almes, that ye geue it not in the sight of men, to the intente that ye woulde be sene of the, or els ye haue no rewarde of your father, which is in heauen.

    2Therefore, when thou geuest thyne almes, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowen before thee, as hypocrites do, in the synagogues, & in the streates, yt they might be esteemed of me. Uerily I say vnto you, they haue their reward.

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    26Saying: Go vnto this people, and say, with your eares shall ye heare, and shall not vnderstande: and with your eyes shall ye see, and not perceaue.

    27For the heart of this people is waxed grosse, & their eares are dull of hearing, and their eyes haue they closed: lest they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstande with their heartes, and shoulde be conuerted, and I shoulde heale them.

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    1Then came to Iesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were come from Hierusalem, saying:

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    3But he aunswered and sayde vnto them: why do ye also transgresse the commaundement of God, by your tradition?

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Put away from thee a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee.

  • Isa 28:11
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    11For he that speaketh vnto this people, is euen as one that vseth rudenesse of speache, and a straunge language.

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    7For as though he thought it in his heart, he saith, eate and drinke: where as his heart is not with thee.

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    23But this people hath a false and obstinate heart, they are departed and gone away fro me.

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    13And make the worde of God of none effect, through your tradition, which ye haue ordeyned. And many such thinges do ye.

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    9And he sayd, Go and tell this people: Heare in deede, yet vnderstande not, ye shall playnely see, and yet perceaue not.

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    18For they that are suche, serue not the Lorde Iesus Christe, but their owne belly, and with sweete and flatteryng wordes deceaue the heartes of the innocentes.

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    6Thou sittest in the middes of a deceiptfull people, which for very dissembling falshood wyll not knowe me, saith the Lorde.