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Matthew 15:7 KJV
Matthew · chapter 15 · verse 7
Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,Matthew 15:7 · King James Version
Matthew 15:7 in context
5But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
6And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
7Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
8This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- hypocriteshypokritēsone who answers, an interpreter, an actor, stage player, a dissembler, pretender…G5273 →
- prophesyprophēteuōto prophesy, to be a prophet, speak forth by divine inspirations, to predict, to…G4395 →
- EsaiasēsaiasIsaiah = " Jehovah s help" , a famous Hebrew prophet who prophesied in the reigns…G2268 →
- wellkalōsbeautifully, finely, excellently, well, rightly, so that there shall be no room for…G2573 →
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Evil manners, we say, beget good laws. The intemperate heat of the Jewish teachers for the support of their hierarchy, occasioned many excellent discourses of our Saviour's for the settling of the truth, as here. I. Here, is the cavil of the scribes and Pharisees at Christ's disciples, for eating with unwashen hands.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9