Therefore the LORD said: "Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths And honor Me with their lips, But have removed their hearts far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,

"Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:

And in vain they worship Me, Teaching [as] doctrines the commandments of men.' "

So when they did not agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had said one word: "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,

"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in [yourselves,] nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

Then the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness.

"But rather give alms of such things as you have; then indeed all things are clean to you.

"Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

"So they come to you as people do, they sit before you [as] My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, [but] their hearts pursue their [own] gain.

Israel will cry to Me, 'My God, we know You!'

Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him.

"But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you.

"You do the deeds of your father." Then they said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father -- God."

Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.

Jesus answered, "If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is your God.

"Yet you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, 'I do not know Him,' I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and keep His word.

"If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father.

having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!

They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.

What [does it] profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?

and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what [does it] profit?