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Matthew 15:7

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

KJV

ὑποκριταί, καλῶς ἐπροφήτευσεν περὶ ὑμῶν Ἡσαΐας λέγων·

Greek NT

Hypocritæ, bene prophetavit de vobis Isaias, dicens :

Vulgate

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

ASV

Hypocrites, well hath Isaias prophesied of you, saying:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

καλῶς
kalos
adverb · 36×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
προφητεύω
propheteuo
verb · 28×
Ἡσαΐας
esaias
noun · 23×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὑποκριτής
upokrites
noun · 17×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 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,
  • Isa 58:2 — Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in appr
  • John 4:23 — But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
  • John 8:48 — Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
  • Luke 18:12 — I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Matt 23:23 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have do