Berean Standard Bible

Matthew 15:8

“‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.”

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⁶He need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

⁷You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

⁸‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

⁹They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”

¹⁰Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.

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