‘These people draw near to me with their mouth,
and honor me with their lips;
but their heart is far from me.
‘These people draw near to me with their mouth,
and honor me with their lips;
but their heart is far from me.
Matthew 15:5–11
But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”
he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
‘These people draw near to me with their mouth,
and honor me with their lips;
but their heart is far from me.
And they worship me in vain,
teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”
He summoned the multitude, and said to them, “Hear, and understand.
That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”
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