8'These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.


In Context

5 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,|

6 he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.

7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

8 'These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

9 And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'|

10 He summoned the multitude, and said to them, |Hear, and understand.

Matthew 15:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:8This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with [their] lips; but their heart is far from me.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:8" 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:8This people honoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:8This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:8This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:8This people honoureth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:8This people draw nigh to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:8This people doth draw nigh to Me with their mouth, and with the lips it doth honour Me, but their heart is far off from Me;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:8This people draws near to me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.