Matthew 15:9
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And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men.

Isaiah 29:13
And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips glorify me, but their heart is far from me, and they have feared me with the commandment and doctrines of men:

Matthew 15:10
And having called together the multitudes unto him, he said to them: Hear ye and understand.

Mark 7:7
And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and precepts of men.

Colossians 2:22
Which all are unto destruction by the very use, according to the precepts and doctrines of men.

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And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men.

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Exodus 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that shall take the name of the Lord his God in vain.

Leviticus 26:16,20 I also will do these things to you. I will quickly visit you with poverty, and burning heat, which shall waste your eyes, and consume your lives. You shall sow your seed in vain, which shall be devoured by your enemies. . . .

1 Samuel 25:21 And David said: Truly in vain have I kept all that belonged to this fellow in the wilderness, and nothing was lost of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good.

Psalm 39:6 Surely man passeth as an image: yea, and he is disquieted in vain. He storeth up: and he knoweth not for whom he shall gather these things.

Psalm 73:13 And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.

Ecclesiastes 5:2-7 Speak not any thing rashly, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. . . .

Isaiah 1:13-15 Offer sacrifice no more in vain: incense is an abomination to me. The new moons, and the sabbaths and other festivals I will not abide, your assemblies are wicked. . . .

Isaiah 58:1-3 Cry, cease not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their wicked doings, and the house of Jacob their sins. . . .

Malachi 3:14 And you have said: What have we spoken against thee? You have said: He laboureth in vain that serveth God, and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked sorrowful before the Lord of hosts?

Mark 7:7 And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and precepts of men.

1 Corinthians 15:2 By which also you are saved, if you hold fast after what manner I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain.

James 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

teaching.

Deuteronomy 12:32 What I command thee, that only do thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, nor diminish.

Proverbs 30:5,6 Every word of God is fire tried: he is a buckler to them that hope in him. . . .

Isaiah 29:13 And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips glorify me, but their heart is far from me, and they have feared me with the commandment and doctrines of men:

Colossians 2:18-22 Let no man seduce you, willing in humility and religion of angels, walking in the things which he hath not seen, in vain puffed up by the sense of his flesh: . . .

1 Timothy 1:4 Not to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which furnish questions rather than the edification of God which is in faith.

1 Timothy 4:1-3,6,7 Now the Spirit manifestly saith that in the last times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to spirits of error and doctrines of devils, . . .

Titus 1:14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn themselves away from the truth.

Hebrews 13:9 Be not led away with various and strange doctrines. For it is best that the heart be established with grace, not with meats: which have not profited those that walk in them.

Revelation 22:18 For I testify to every one that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book: If any man shall add to these things, God shall add unto him the plagues written in this book.

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Tradition and Worship
8This people honoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me. 9And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men. 10And having called together the multitudes unto him, he said to them: Hear ye and understand.…
Lexicon
They worship
σέβονταί (sebontai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4576: To reverence, worship, adore. Middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to revere, i.e. Adore.

Me
με (me)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

in vain;
Μάτην (Matēn)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3155: Accusative case of a derivative of the base of massaomai; folly, i.e. to no purpose.

they teach [as]
Διδάσκοντες (Didaskontes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1321: To teach, direct, admonish. A prolonged form of a primary verb dao; to teach.

doctrine
διδασκαλίας (didaskalias)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 1319: Instruction, teaching. From didaskalos; instruction.

[the] precepts
ἐντάλματα (entalmata)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 1778: An injunction, ordinance, precept. From entellomai; an injunction, i.e. Religious precept.

of men.’”
ἀνθρώπων (anthrōpōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.


Additional Translations
They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”

And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.'"

But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.

but in vain do they worship me, teaching [as] teachings commandments of men.

But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.

But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

but it is in vain they worship Me, while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'"

And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"

and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings -- commands of men.'
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