Mark 7:6 “Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites…”

Mark 7:6

Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He 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.

World English Bible

He answered them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

American Standard Version

And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then hee answered and sayd vnto them, Surely Esay hath prophecied well of you, hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth mee with lippes, but their heart is farre away from me.

Darby Translation

But he answering said to them, Well did Esaias prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honour me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me.

Young's Literal Translation

and he answering said to them — 'Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honour Me, and their heart is far from Me;

Bible in Basic English

And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

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Cross references

“Well”

Isaiah 29:13 Matthew 15:7–9 Acts 28:25

Isaiah 29:13 · BSB

Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

Matthew 15:7–9 · BSB

You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

Acts 28:25 · BSB

They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:

“hypocrites”

Matthew 23:13–15 Luke 11:39–44

Matthew 23:13–15 · BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

Luke 11:39–44 · BSB

Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

“honoureth”

Titus 1:16 Ezekiel 33:31 2 Timothy 3:5 James 2:14–17 John 5:42 John 15:24

Titus 1:16 · BSB

They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

Ezekiel 33:31 · BSB

So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.

2 Timothy 3:5 · BSB

having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

James 2:14–17 · BSB

What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

John 5:42 · BSB

but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

John 15:24 · BSB

If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5So the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with defiled hands.”

7They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’

Read Mark 7