Lip service ~ Cross reference of Matthew 15:7 to Isaiah 29:13
In Matthew 15 Jesus is criticized by "the Pharisees" that his disciples are eating without washing their hands. For some reason Jesus gets offended and questions them for putting more emphasis on tradition and not honoring their parents under the pretext that they do not have money because they made a vow to G-d. He then quotes Isaiah 29:13 where people are chastised by Isaiah saying that they are not worshipping G-d with all their heart. Let's see what Isaiah is saying and how that has anything to do with the event in Matthew 15 All Images are links to Google Images. Copyright violations not intended. All Greek Text references are from NIV and Tanakh references are from Chabad. This post is not intended to offend anyone's faith but for those people who are Seeking the truth of THE ONE TRUE G-D of the universe to who we owe all our love, gratitude & devotion. My encouragement to you is that you read the whole chapter of Tanakh that the Greek text quotes so you ge...