31 So my people come to you in crowds,[a] sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Their mouths go on passionately, but their hearts pursue dishonest profit.

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  1. 33:31 Lit you like the coming of a people

This people[a] honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me.
They worship me in vain,
teaching as doctrines human commands.[b](A)

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  1. 15:8 Other mss add draw near to me with their mouths, and
  2. 15:8–9 Is 29:13 LXX

He answered them, “Isaiah(A) prophesied(B) correctly about you hypocrites,(C) as it is written: (D)

This people honors(E) me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me.
They worship me in vain,
teaching(F) as doctrines(G) human commands.[a](H)

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  1. 7:6–7 Is 29:13

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