Matthew 15:8
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Christian Bible partNew Testament
| Matthew 15:8 | |
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← 15:7 15:9 → | |
_-_James_Tissot_-_overall.jpg) "The Pharisees and the Sadducees Come to Tempt Jesus" by James Tissot (between 1886 and 1894). | |
| Book | Gospel of Matthew |
| Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Matthew 15:8 is the eighth verse in the fifteenth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.
In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort for this verse is:
- Ἐγγίζει μοι ὁ λαὸς οὗτος τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν, καὶ τοῖς χείλεσί με τιμᾷ, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἀπέχει ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:
- This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
The New International Version translates the passage as:
- "'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
Analysis
This quotation is from Isaiah 29:13, according to the Septuagint: "This people approaches Me, with their mouth, and honours Me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me." The phrase "approaches me" is understood as reverences me. This sense is captured by the KJV. The NIV uses a freer translation.[1][2]
