Matthew

Matthew 15:8–9

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

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.

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

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

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

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.