Matius 15:8-9

15:8 ‘This people honors me with their lips,

but their heart ¹  is far from me,

15:9 and they worship me in vain,

teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’” ² 

Markus 7:6-7

7:6 He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:

‘This people honors me with their lips,

but their heart ³  is far from me.

7:7 They worship me in vain,

teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.’ ⁴ 

Kolose 2:22

2:22 These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are ⁵  on human commands and teachings. ⁶ 

[15:8]  ¹ tn The term “heart” is a collective singular in the Greek text.

[15:9]  ² sn A quotation from Isa 29:13.

[7:6]  ³ tn The term “heart” is a collective singular in the Greek text.

[7:7]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Isa 29:13.

[2:22]  ⁵ tn The expression “founded as they are” brings out the force of the Greek preposition κατά (kata).

[2:22]  ⁶ tn Grk “The commands and teachings of men.”