Matthew 15:7

5 But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

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

You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

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

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

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:
KJV
Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
WEB
You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
ASV
Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
DARBY
Hypocrites! well has Esaias prophesied about you, saying,
BLB
Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you⁺, saying:
ÅB
«Hyklere! Jesaja spådde rett om dere da han sa: ‘Dette folket ærer meg med leppene, men hjertene deres er langt borte fra meg; de dyrker meg forgjeves når de underviser menneskebud.’»
OTB
Hyklere! Jesaja hadde rett da han profeterte om dere:
B1930
I hyklere! rett spådde Esaias om eder da han sa:

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Mark 7:6

    Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

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  • Matthew 23:23–29

    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

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  • Acts 28:25–27

    They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:

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  • Matthew 7:5

    You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

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