Matthew 15:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

This people doth draw nigh to Me with their mouth, and with the lips it doth honour Me, but their heart is far off from Me;

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  • Isa 29:13 : 13 And the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is -- A precept of men is taught!
  • Acts 8:21 : 21 thou hast neither part nor lot in this thing, for thy heart is not right before God;
  • Jer 12:2 : 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root, They go on, yea, they have made fruit, Near `art' Thou in their mouth, And far off from their reins.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come in unto thee as the coming in of a people, And they sit before thee -- My people, And have heard thy words, and they do them not, For doting loves with their mouth they are making, After their dishonest gain their heart is going.
  • John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming unto him, and he saith concerning him, `Lo, truly an Israelite, in whom guile is not;'
  • Heb 3:12 : 12 See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God,
  • 1 Pet 3:10 : 10 for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips -- not to speak guile;
  • Prov 23:26 : 26 Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

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  • Mark 7:6-9
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    6and he answering said to them -- `Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honor Me, and their heart is far from Me;

    7and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings, commands of men;

    8for, having put away the command of God, ye hold the tradition of men, baptisms of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye do.'

    9And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep;

  • Isa 29:13
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    13And the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is -- A precept of men is taught!

  • Matt 15:9-11
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    9and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings -- commands of men.'

    10And having called near the multitude, he said to them, `Hear and understand:

    11not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

  • Matt 15:5-7
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    5but ye say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering `is' whatever thou mayest be profited by me; --

    6and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition.

    7`Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

  • Ezek 33:31
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    31And they come in unto thee as the coming in of a people, And they sit before thee -- My people, And have heard thy words, and they do them not, For doting loves with their mouth they are making, After their dishonest gain their heart is going.

  • Matt 15:18-20
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    18but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man;

    19for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:

    20these are the things defiling the man; but to eat with unwashen hands doth not defile the man.'

  • Luke 16:15
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    15and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, `is' abomination before God;

  • Matt 13:14-15
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    14and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

    15for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them.

  • Matt 23:28
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    28so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

  • Ps 12:2
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    2Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

  • Matt 23:3-6
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    3all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and do not;

    4for they bind together burdens heavy and grievous to be borne, and lay upon the shoulders of men, but with their finger they will not move them.

    5`And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,

    6they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

  • John 12:43
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    43for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

  • Hos 4:8
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    8The sin of My people they do eat, And unto their iniquity lift up their soul.

  • Matt 23:25-26
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    25`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence.

    26`Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart `is' mischiefs, An open grave `is' their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

  • Luke 6:46
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    46`And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?

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    16`And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

  • Matt 6:1-2
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    1`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not -- reward ye have not from your Father who `is' in the heavens;

    2whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you -- they have their reward!

  • Acts 28:26-27
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    26saying, Go on unto this people and say, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

    27for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they may see with the eyes, and with the heart may understand, and be turned back, and I may heal them.

  • Rom 10:8
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    8But what doth it say? `Nigh thee is the saying -- in thy mouth, and in thy heart:' that is, the saying of the faith, that we preach;

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    1Then come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem -- scribes and Pharisees -- saying,

  • Matt 15:3
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    3And he answering said to them, `Wherefore also do ye transgress the command of God because of your tradition?

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

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    11For by scorned lip, and by another tongue, Doth He speak unto this people.

  • Prov 23:7
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    7For as he hath thought in his soul, so `is' he, `Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart `is' not with thee.

  • Jer 5:23
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    23And this people hath an apostate and rebellious heart, They have turned aside, and they go on.

  • Mark 7:13
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    13setting aside the word of God for your tradition that ye delivered; and many such like things ye do.'

  • Isa 6:9-10
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    9And He saith, `Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye -- to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye -- to see, and ye do not know.

    10Declare fat the heart of this people, And its ears declare heavy, And its eyes declare dazzled, Lest it see with its eyes, And with its ears hear, and its heart consider, And it hath turned back, and hath health.'

  • Rom 16:18
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    18for such our Lord Jesus Christ do not serve, but their own belly; and through the good word and fair speech they deceive the hearts of the harmless,

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    2Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root, They go on, yea, they have made fruit, Near `art' Thou in their mouth, And far off from their reins.

  • Ezek 22:8
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    8My holy things thou hast despised, And My sabbaths thou hast polluted.

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    1At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;

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    6thy dwelling `is' in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.