Mark 7:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Well

Isaiah 29:13

Matthew 15:7

Acts 28:25

Hypocrites

Matthew 23:13

Luke 11:39

Honoureth

Bible References

Well

The Lord said, "Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;

You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

When they didn't agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had spoken one word, "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah, the prophet, to our fathers,

Hypocrites

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

Honoureth

They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don't do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

They cry to me, 'My God, we Israel acknowledge you!'

But I know you, that you don't have God's love in yourselves.

You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God."

If I hadn't done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn't have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.

holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.

They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?