Matthew 15:7-9
You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Matthew 15 · Words of Christ are set in red.
2 songs meet this passage
Let It Rock · Kevin Rudolf & Lil Wayne
resonates with Matthew 15:7-9
Jesus condemns worship that masks a false heart, which is exactly the hypocrisy this line calls out.
“Got Jesus on my necklace-ace-ace”
We R Who We R · Kesha
strains against Matthew 15:8
Jesus as jewelry rather than Lord is a striking image of nearness in symbol without nearness in heart.