Matthew

Matthew 15:8

⁸‘These people honor Me with their lips,

but their hearts are far from Me.

Word by word

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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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.