God’s Word Translation
Mark 7:6
6Jesus told them, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites in Scripture: ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from 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 marketplace, they don’t eat unless they have washed first. They have been taught to follow many other rules. For example, they must also wash their cups, jars, brass pots, and dinner tables.) 5The Pharisees and the experts in Moses’ Teachings asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples follow the traditions taught by our ancestors? They are unclean because they don’t wash their hands before they eat!” Jesus told them, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites in Scripture: ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 7Their worship of me is pointless, because their teachings are rules made by humans.’ 8“You abandon the commandments of God to follow human traditions.”
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 says, “These people worship me with their mouths and honor me with their lips. But their hearts are far from me, and their worship of me is ⌞based on⌟ rules made by humans.
- Matthew 15:7You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
- Acts 28:25The Jews, unable to agree among themselves, left after Paul had quoted this particular passage to them: “How well the Holy Spirit spoke to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah!
- Matthew 23:13“How horrible it will be for you, experts in Moses’ Teachings and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You don’t enter it yourselves, and you don’t permit others to enter when they try.
- Luke 11:39The Lord said to him, “You Pharisees clean the outside of cups and dishes. But inside you are full of greed and evil.
- Ezekiel 33:31Then they come to you, as if they are still my people, and they sit down in front of you. They listen to what you say, but they don’t do it. They say that they love me, but in their hearts they chase dishonest profits.
- Hosea 8:2They cry out to me, ‘We acknowledge you as our God.’
- John 5:42But I know what kind of people you are. You don’t have any love for God.
- John 8:41You’re doing what your father does.” The Jews said to Jesus, “We’re not illegitimate children. God is our only Father.”
- John 15:24If I hadn’t done among them what no one else has done, they wouldn’t have any sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
- 2 Timothy 3:5They will appear to have a godly life, but they will not let its power change them. Stay away from such people.
- James 2:14My brothers and sisters, what good does it do if someone claims to have faith but doesn’t do any good things? Can this kind of faith save him?
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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