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(A) “All of you praise me
    with your words,
but you never really
    think about me.

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“‘These people honor me with their lips,
    but their hearts are far from me.

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It is useless for you
    to worship me,
when you teach rules
    made up by humans.”

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They worship me in vain;
    their teachings are merely human rules.(A)[a](B)

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  1. Matthew 15:9 Isaiah 29:13

(A) Jesus replied:

You are nothing but show-offs! The prophet Isaiah was right when he wrote that God had said,

“All of you praise me
    with your words,
but you never really
    think about me.

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He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:

“‘These people honor me with their lips,
    but their hearts are far from me.

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It is useless for you
    to worship me,
when you teach rules
    made up by humans.”

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They worship me in vain;
    their teachings are merely human rules.’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:7 Isaiah 29:13