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“You play-actors! Isaiah had the right words for you in his prophecy:

This people gives me honor with their lips,
their heart, however, holds me at arm’s length.
The worship which they offer me is vain,
because they teach, as law, mere human precepts.”

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You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:

“‘These people honor me with their lips,
    but their hearts are far from me.
They worship me in vain;
    their teachings are merely human rules.(A)[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:9 Isaiah 29:13