Matthew 15 · Verse 7

Matthew 15:7

Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
Matthew 15:7, King James Version

Matthew 15:7 in other translations

BSBYou hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:
WEBYou hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
ASVYe hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
YLT‘Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
DARBYHypocrites! well has Esaias prophesied about you, saying,
BBEYou false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,
WebsterYe hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

What does Matthew 15:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying--(Is 29:13).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 7. Ye hypocrites. Mt 7:5. Hypocrisy is the concealment of some base principle under the pretence of religion. Never was there a clearer instance of it than this--an attempt to get rid of the duty of providing for needy parents under an appearance of piety towards God.

Esaias, That is, Isaiah. This prophecy is found in Isa 29:13.

Prophesy of you. That is, he spoke of the people of his day--of the Jews, as Jews--in terms that apply to the whole people. He properly characterized the nation in calling them hypocrites. The words are applicable to the nation at all times, and they apply, therefore, to you. He did not mean particularly to speak of the nation in the time of Christ; but he spoke of them as having a national character of hypocrisy. See also Isa 1:4.

Mt 15:1

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you - In every place where the proper names of the Old Testament occur, in the New, the same mode of orthography should be followed: I therefore write Isaiah with the Hebrew, not Esaias, with the Greek. This prophecy is found Isa 29:13. Our blessed Lord unmasks these hypocrites; and we may observe that, when a hypocrite is found out, he should be exposed to all; this may lead to his salvation: if he be permitted to retain his falsely acquired character, how can he escape perdition!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 15:1-9

Additions to God's laws reflect upon his wisdom, as if he had left out something which was needed, and which man could supply; in one way or other they always lead men to disobey God. How thankful ought we to be for the written word of God! Never let us think that the religion of the Bible can be improved by any human addition, either in doctrine or practice. Our blessed Lord spoke of their traditions as inventions…

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Matthew 15:7 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

Ὑποκριταί,HupokritaiHypocrites!G5273
καλῶςkalōsRightlyG2573
ἐπροφήτευσενeprophēteusenprophesiedG4395
περὶpericoncerningG4012
ὑμῶνhumōnyouG4771
ἨσαΐαςĒsaiasIsaiahG2268
λέγων·¶legōnsaying;G3004

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Cross references for Matthew 15:7

  • 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.

  • Matthew 23:23-29

    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 done, and not to leave the other undone. Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. …

  • Acts 28:25-27

    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, Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

  • Matthew 7:5

    Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
hypocrites.
7:5; 23:23-29
well.
Mr 7:6; Ac 28:25-27

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Context

  • Matthew 15:6

    And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

  • Matthew 15:7

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

  • Matthew 15:8

    This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

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Matthew 15:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Hipócritas, bien profetizó de vosotros Isaías, diciendo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Hypocrites! Ésaïe a bien prophétisé de vous, disant:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Heuchler! Trefflich hat Jesaias über euch geweissagt, indem er spricht:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Hypocritæ, bene prophetavit de vobis Isaias, dicens: