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Matthew 15:6-9
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Matthew 15:6-9
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6 he is not to honor his father or his mother [by helping them with their need].’ So by this you have invalidated the word of God [depriving it of force and authority and making it of no effect] for the sake of your tradition [handed down by the elders]. 7 You hypocrites (play-actors, pretenders), rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you when he said,
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‘This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me.
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‘But in vain do they worship Me,
For they teach as doctrines the precepts of men.’”(A)
Matthew 15:6-9
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Matthew 15:6-9
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6 they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
Footnotes
- Matthew 15:9 Isaiah 29:13
Isaiah 29:13
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Isaiah 29:13
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13 Then the Lord said,
“Because this nation approaches [Me only] with their words
And honors Me [only] with their lip service,
But they remove their hearts far from Me,
And their reverence for Me is a tradition that is learned by rote [without any regard for its meaning],
Isaiah 29:13
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Isaiah 29:13
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13 The Lord says:
Footnotes
- Isaiah 29:13 Hebrew; Septuagint They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules
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