King James Version
Matthew 15:7 in the King James Version says “Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,”
Matthew 15:7 · KJV
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
And 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.
Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
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“Ye hypocrites”
G5273an actor under an assumed character (stage-player), i.e., (figuratively) a dissembler ("hypocrite"
“did”
G4395to foretell events, divine, speak under inspiration, exercise the prophetic office
“of”
G4012properly, through (all over), i.e., around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive cas
“saying”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
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