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Matthew 15:9

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But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

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  1. Matthew 15:7

    Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

  2. Matthew 15:8

    This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

  3. Matthew 15:10

    And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

  4. Matthew 15:11

    Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.