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Mark 7:6
6Jesus said to them, ‘You are hypocrites! What God's prophet Isaiah wrote about you long ago is true: God says, “These people say good things about me, but they do not really want to obey me.
Mark 7:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: “ ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, "'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
- New King James Version (NKJV)He answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.
Context of Mark 7:6
4When they come from the market place, they always wash themselves carefully. Unless they do this, they do not eat anything. Their leaders also gave them rules about how they should wash cups, pots and metal bowls.) 5The Pharisees and the teachers of God's Law said to Jesus, ‘Your disciples do not obey the things that our leaders taught many years ago. Your disciples have not washed their hands in the right way. They are eating their food with unclean hands. That is not right.’ Jesus said to them, ‘You are hypocrites! What God's prophet Isaiah wrote about you long ago is true: God says, “These people say good things about me, but they do not really want to obey me. 7They say that I am great. But what they say has no purpose. They teach their own rules, which I did not give to them.” ’ 8Jesus then said, ‘You have stopped obeying God. Instead you obey the ideas that men teach.’
Read all of Mark 7Mark 7:6 word by word
Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς καλῶς ἐπροφήτευσεν Ἠσαΐας περὶ ὑμῶν τῶν ὑποκριτῶν, ὡς γέγραπται οὗτος ὁ λαὸς τοῖς χείλεσίν με τιμᾷ, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἀπέχει ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- He answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
- andδέde · thenG1161
- saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
- Wellκαλῶςkalōs · wellG2573
- hathπροφητεύωprophēteuō · to prophesyG4395
- EsaiasἩσαΐαςHēsaias · IsaiahG2268
- ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
- youσύsu · youG4771
- hypocritesὑποκριτήςhupokritēs · hypocriteG5273
- asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
- it is writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
- Thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
- honourethτιμάωtimaō · to honorG5091
- meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- withχεῖλοςcheilos · lipG5491
- heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
- isἀπέχωapechō · to have in fullG568
- farπόρρωporrhō · far (away)G4206
- fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
Cross-references for Mark 7:6
- Isaiah 29:13The Lord God says, ‘These people open their mouths to worship me. They use their lips to say that I am great. But they are not really thinking about me. When they worship me, they use rules that people have taught them.
- Matthew 15:7You are hypocrites! What God's prophet Isaiah wrote about you long ago is true:
- Acts 28:25They argued about it with each other. When they began to leave the house, Paul said, ‘The Holy Spirit spoke a true message to your ancestors. He gave this message to Isaiah, the prophet:
- Matthew 23:13Jesus spoke to the teachers of God's Law and the Pharisees. ‘It will be very bad for you,’ he said. ‘You are hypocrites! You have stopped people who wanted to go into the kingdom of heaven. It is like you have shut the door so that they cannot go in. Then you yourselves do not even go in.
- Luke 11:39So the Lord Jesus said to him, ‘You Pharisees are like someone who only cleans the outside of his cup and his plate. You only clean the part that people can see. But inside, your mind is full of bad thoughts. You like to take things from other people.
- Ezekiel 33:31They are my people and they come as a crowd to listen to you. They sit and they listen to your words. But they do not obey what you say. They say that they love me. But really they like to cheat people to get things for themselves.
- Hosea 8:2Israel's people call out to me for help. They say, “We know you as our God.”
- John 5:42But I know what kind of people you are. I know that you do not really love God.
- John 8:41You do the same things that your own father does.’ They said to Jesus, ‘God himself is our only Father, and we are his proper sons!’
- John 15:24When I was with them, I did many great things. Nobody else ever did things like that. If I had not done those great things among them, they would not have known what is wrong. But they have seen what I did. As a result, they have hated me, and they have hated my Father too.
- 2 Timothy 3:5Those people will seem to be serving God. But really they refuse to accept God's power to help them. You must stay away from people like that.
- James 2:14My Christian brothers, you say that you believe in God. Then you must show this in the things that you do. If not, your faith will not help you. It will not save you.
Commentaries on Mark 7:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Honoreth me - ͅ - but the Codex Bezae, and three copies of the Itala, have ͅ, loveth me: - the Ethiopic has both readings.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-23Verses 1-23 See this passage explained in the notes at Mark 7:1 Came from Jerusalem - Probably to observe his conduct, and to find matter of accusation against him. Mark 7:2 Defiled hands - The hands were considered defiled or polluted unless they were washed previous to every meal. Mark 7:3 Except they wash their hands oft - Our word “oft” means frequently, often. The Greek wore translated oft has been rendered various ways. Some have said that it means…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8Jesus first responds by quoting Isaiah 29:13 (from the Greek version). This passage speaks about the problem of treating human ideas as if they were God’s commands. It describes well what was happening with the Pharisees. They had replaced God’s law with their own traditions (human rules and teachings).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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