Matthew 15:8-9

New International Version

⁸“‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
⁹They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human rules.^(A)’^[a]^(B)”

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Matthew 15:9 Isaiah 29:13

Matthew 15:8-9

English Standard Version

⁸^(A)“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
⁹in vain do they worship me,
teaching as ^(B)doctrines the commandments of men.’”

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Matthew 15:8-9

King James Version

⁸This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

⁹But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

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