Matthew 15:8-9

Good News Translation

⁸^(A)‘These people, says God, honor me with their words,
but their heart is really far away from me.
⁹It is no use for them to worship me,
because they teach human rules as though they were my laws!’”

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Mark 7:6-7

Good News Translation

⁶^(A)Jesus answered them, “How right Isaiah was when he prophesied about you! You are hypocrites, just as he wrote:

‘These people, says God, honor me with their words,
    but their heart is really far away from me.
⁷It is no use for them to worship me,
    because they teach human rules
    as though they were my laws!’

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