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Matthew 15:8-10
New English Translation
Matthew 15:8-10
New English Translation
8 ‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart[a] is far from me,
9 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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- Matthew 15:8 tn The term “heart” is a collective singular in the Greek text.
- Matthew 15:9 sn A quotation from Isa 29:13.
- 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.
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