KJV King James Version
[Ye] hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
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Matthew 15:7
[Ye] hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:
WEB World English Bible
You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
ASV American Standard Version
Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
Surrounding context — Matthew 15
4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to [his] father or [his] mother, [It is] a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
6 And 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.
7 [Ye] hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with [their] lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men.
10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
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Mark 7:6He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with [their] lips, but their heart is far from me.Matthew 23:23-29Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.Acts 28:25-27And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,Matthew 7:5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
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