Matthew 15:8

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

⁷ You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

‘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.’”

¹⁰ Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.

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

Compare

BSB: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
KJV: This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
WEB: ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
ASV: This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.
DARBY: This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;
BLB: ‘This people honors Me with the lips, but their heart is kept far away from Me;

OTB: ‘Dette folket ærer meg med leppene,
men deres hjerter er langt borte fra meg.
B1930: Dette folk ærer mig med lebene; men deres hjerte er langt borte fra mig;

Isaiah 29:13
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
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Ezekiel 33:31
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
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Acts 8:21
You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.
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1 Peter 3:10
For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
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Jeremiah 12:2
You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
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Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
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Hebrews 3:12
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
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John 1:47
When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
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