Matthew 15:8
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
*This people draweth nigh vnto mee with their mouth, and honoureth mee with their lips: but their heart is farre from me.
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- *Cross-referenceEsa. 29.14.
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- Isaiah 29:13Rank 1 from verse 8
13¶ Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
13¶ *Wherefore the LORD said, Forasmuch as this people draw neere mee with their mouth, and with their lips doe honour me, but haue remoued their heart farre from me, and their feare towards mee is taught by the precept of men:
- Ezekiel 33:31Rank 2 from verse 8
31And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
31†‖†And they come vnto thee as the people commeth, and they sit before thee as my people, and they heare thy words, but they will not doe them: for with their mouth they shew much loue, but their heart goeth after their couetousnesse.
- 1 Peter 3:10Rank 4 from verse 8
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- Proverbs 23:26Rank 7 from verse 8
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Matthew 15:8
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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Near or close in place, time, relationship, kinship, condition, access, or degree; approaching, drawing close, at hand, or almost.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.
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Sense 1: The physical borders of the mouth. Sense 2: By extension, speech or utterance.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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15:1THEN came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
15:1¶ Then *came to Iesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were of Hierusalem, saying,
15:2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
15:2Why do thy disciples transgresse the tradition of the Elders? for they wash not their handes when they eat bread.
15:3But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
15:3But hee answered, and said vnto them, Why doe you also transgresse the Commandement of God by your tradition?
15:4For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
15:4For God commaunded, saying, *Honour thy father and mother: And *hee that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
15:5But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
15:5But yee say, Whosoeuer shall say to his father or his mother, * It is a gift by whatsoeuer thou mightest bee profited by me,
15:6And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
15:6And honour not his father or his mother, hee shall be free. Thus haue yee made the Commaundement of God of none effect by your tradition.
15:7Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
15:7Yee hypocrites, well did Esaias prophecie of you, saying,
15:8This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
15:8*This people draweth nigh vnto mee with their mouth, and honoureth mee with their lips: but their heart is farre from me.
Selected passage15:9But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
15:9But in vaine they do worship me, teaching for doctrines, the commandements of men.