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Mark 7:6

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.

KJV

ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· καλῶς ἐπροφήτευσεν Ἡσαΐας περὶ ὑμῶν τῶν ὑποκριτῶν, ὡς γέγραπται ὅτι οὗτος ὁ λαὸς τοῖς χείλεσίν με τιμᾷ, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἀπέχει ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ·

Greek NT

At ille respondens, dixit eis : Bene prophetavit Isaias de vobis hypocritis, sicut scriptum est : Populus hic labiis me honorat, cor autem eorum longe est a me :

Vulgate

And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.

ASV

But he answering, said to them: Well did Isaias prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

22 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καλῶς
kalos
adverb · 36×
καρδία
kardia
noun · 156×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαός
laos
noun · 144×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
προφητεύω
propheteuo
verb · 28×
πόῤῥω
porro
adverb · 3×
τιμάω
timao
verb · 21×
χεῖλος
cheilos
noun · 7×
ἀπέχω
apecho
verb · 18×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
Ἡσαΐας
esaias
noun · 23×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὑποκριτής
upokrites
noun · 17×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: δὲ | WH/Treg/NIV: δὲ | RP: + ἀποκριθεὶς
  • δὲSBLGNT
  • δὲWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἀποκριθεὶςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: αὐτοῖς | WH/NIV: αὐτοῖς | Treg/RP: ὅτι
  • αὐτοῖςSBLGNT
  • αὐτοῖςWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὅτιTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: ὅτι | WH/NIV: ὅτι
  • ὅτιSBLGNT
  • ὅτιWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Tim 3:5 — Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
  • Acts 28:25 — And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
  • Acts 28:25 — And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
  • Ezek 33:31 — And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth
  • Hos 8:2 — Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
  • Isa 29:13 — Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the p
  • Jas 2:14 — What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
  • John 5:42 — But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
  • John 8:41 — Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
  • John 8:54 — Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
  • John 15:24 — If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
  • Luke 11:39 — And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
  • Matt 15:3 — But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
  • Matt 15:7 — Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
  • Matt 15:7 — Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
  • Matt 23:13 — But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
  • Prov 19:27 — Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
  • Titus 1:16 — They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.