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This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart[a] is far from me,
and they worship me in vain,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”[b]

True Defilement

10 Then he called the crowd to him and said,[c] “Listen and understand.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:8 tn The term “heart” is a collective singular in the Greek text.
  2. Matthew 15:9 sn A quotation from Isa 29:13.
  3. Matthew 15:10 tn Grk “And calling the crowd, he said to them.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesamenos) has been translated as attendant circumstance. The emphasis here is upon Jesus’ speaking to the crowd.