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Matthew 15:7-15
New King James Version
Matthew 15:7-15
New King James Version
7 (A)Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:
8 ‘These(B) people [a]draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
9 And in vain they worship Me,
(C)Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”
10 (D)When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear and understand: 11 (E)Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”
12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
13 But He answered and said, (F)“Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 Let them alone. (G)They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
15 (H)Then Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
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- Matthew 15:8 NU omits draw near to Me with their mouth, And
Matthew 15:7-15
New International Version
Matthew 15:7-15
New International Version
7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
8 “‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
9 They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human rules.(A)’[a](B)”
10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand. 11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them,(C) but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”(D)
12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
13 He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted(E) will be pulled up by the roots. 14 Leave them; they are blind guides.[b](F) If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”(G)
15 Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”(H)
Footnotes
- Matthew 15:9 Isaiah 29:13
- Matthew 15:14 Some manuscripts blind guides of the blind
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