Matthew 15:7-9
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You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageJerusalem, from which the Pharisees and scribes came, was Israel’s religious center and frames Jesus’ rebuke of traditions that nullify God’s word. The surrounding narrative moves through Galilee, Tyre and Sidon in Canaan, and
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Matthew 15:7-9 mentions Canaan, Galilee, Jerusalem, Magadan, Sea of Galilee, Sidon and Tyre.
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