Matthew 15:7

World English Bible (2000)

You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

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  • Matt 7:5 : 5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.
  • Matt 23:23-29 : 23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone. 24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel! 25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. 26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also. 27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 29 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
  • Mark 7:6 : 6 He answered 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.
  • Acts 28:25-27 : 25 When they didn't agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had spoken one word, "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah, the prophet, to our fathers, 26 saying, 'Go to this people, and say, in hearing, you will hear, but will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, but will in no way perceive. 27 For this people's heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, and I would heal them.'

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  • Mark 7:5-13
    9 verses
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    5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"

    6 He answered 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.

    7 But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'

    8 "For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men--the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things."

    9 He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

    10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'

    11 But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;"'

    12 then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,

    13 making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."

  • Matt 15:8-10
    3 verses
    81%

    8 'These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

    9 And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"

    10 He summoned the multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.

  • Matt 15:1-6
    6 verses
    80%

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

    2 "Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."

    3 He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

    4 For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'

    5 But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"

    6 he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.

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    25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.

    26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.

    27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

    28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

    29 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,

  • 15 He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

  • 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

  • 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

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    13 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

    14 "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.

    15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of Gehenna as yourselves.

  • 56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don't interpret this time?

  • 5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.

  • 26 Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.

  • 13 The Lord said, "Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;

  • 14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

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    43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.

    44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don't know it."

  • 47 Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

  • 41 Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.

  • 16 "Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

  • 23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

  • 7 But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

  • 52 Which of the prophets didn't your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.

  • Matt 6:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 "Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

    2 Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

  • 1 Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

  • 15 Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?

  • 3 All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don't do their works; for they say, and don't do.

  • 15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

  • 46 "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say?

  • 17 He taught, saying to them, "Isn't it written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it a den of robbers!"