He answered 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. But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
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The Scripture echoesIsaiah 29:13
Jesus is quoting Isaiah's charge against His own generation: this people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
“The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;”
In parallel withIsaiah 1:15
Lip service and bloody hands: both prophets say God refuses worship that hides injustice.
“When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.”