Matthew
Matthew 15:7–9
7You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:
8‘These people honor Me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from Me.
9They worship Me in vain;
they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’d”
Footnotes
- d 15:9 Isaiah 29:13|ISA 29:13(see also LXX)
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Matthew 15:7
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You hypocrites | ὑποκριταί | hypokritai | Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural | G5273 a hypocrite, dissembler |
| Isaiah | Ἠσαΐας | Ēsaias | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2268 Isaiah |
| prophesied | ἐπροφήτευσεν | eprophēteusen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G4395 I foretell, prophesy |
| correctly | καλῶς | kalōs | Adverb | G2573 well, nobly, rightly |
| about | περὶ | peri | Preposition | G4012 about, concerning, around |
| you | ὑμῶν | hymōn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
Matthew 15:8
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| These | οὗτος | houtos | Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3778 this, he, she, it |
| people | λαὸς | laos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2992 a people, the crowd |
| honor | τιμᾷ | tima | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G5091 I value at a price, honor |
| Me | με | me | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| with their | τοῖς | tois | Article - Dative Neuter Plural | G3588 the |
| lips | χείλεσίν | cheilesin | Noun - Dative Neuter Plural | G5491 a lip, mouth, shore |
| but | δὲ | de | Conjunction | G1161 but, on the other hand, and |
| their | αὐτῶν | autōn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| hearts | καρδία | kardia | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G2588 the heart, inner life, intention |
| are far | ἀπέχει | apechei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G568 I have in full, am far, it is enough |
| from | ἀπ’ | ap’ | Preposition | G575 from, away from |
| Me | ἐμοῦ | emou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
Matthew 15:9
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| They worship | σέβονταί | sebontai | Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural | G4576 I reverence, worship |
| Me | με | me | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| in vain | Μάτην | Matēn | Adverb | G3155 in vain |
| they teach | Διδάσκοντες | Didaskontes | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural | G1321 I teach |
| doctrine | διδασκαλίας | didaskalias | Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural | G1319 instruction, teaching |
| precepts | ἐντάλματα | entalmata | Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural | G1778 an injunction, ordinance, precept |
| of men | ἀνθρώπων | anthrōpōn | Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural | G444 a man, one of the human race |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Matthew 15:7 Mark 7:6 · Matthew 23:23–29 · Acts 28:25–27
Matthew 15:8 Isaiah 29:13 · Ezekiel 33:31 · Acts 8:21 · 1 Peter 3:10 · Jeremiah 12:2 · Hebrews 3:12 · Proverbs 23:26 · John 1:47
Matthew 15:9 Isaiah 29:13 · Mark 7:7 · Titus 1:14 · 1 Timothy 1:4 · Colossians 2:18–22 · 1 Timothy 4:6–7 · Hebrews 13:9 · Isaiah 58:1–3 · James 2:20 · Deuteronomy 12:32 · Psalm 73:13 · Revelation 22:18
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.