en_tn/mat/15/07.md

# Connecting Statement:

Jesus concludes his response to the Pharisees and scribes.

# General Information:

In verses 8 and 9, Jesus quotes the prophet Isaiah to rebuke the Pharisees and scribes.

# Well did Isaiah prophesy about you

"Isaiah told the truth in this prophecy about you"

# when he said

It is implied that Isaiah is speaking what God told him. AT: "when he told what God said" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# This people honors me with their lips

Here "lips" refers to speaking. AT: "These people say all the right things to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# me

All occurrences of this word refer to God.

# but their heart is far from me

Here "heart" refers to a person's thoughts or emotions. This phrase is a way of saying the people are not truly devoted to God. AT: "but they do not really love me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# They worship me in vain

"Their worship means nothing to me" or "They only pretend to worship me"

# the commandments of people

"the rules that people make up"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hypocrite]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/isaiah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/honor]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/heart]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/worship]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/vain]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/doctrine]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Connecting Statement:`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Jesus concludes his response to the Pharisees and scribes.`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`In verses 8 and 9, Jesus quotes the prophet Isaiah to rebuke the Pharisees and scribes.`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Well did Isaiah prophesy about you`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"Isaiah told the truth in this prophecy about you"`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# when he said`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`It is implied that Isaiah is speaking what God told him. AT: "when he told what God said" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# This people honors me with their lips`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here "lips" refers to speaking. AT: "These people say all the right things to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# me`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`All occurrences of this word refer to God.`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# but their heart is far from me`

			`Here "heart" refers to a person's thoughts or emotions. This phrase is a way of saying the people are not truly devoted to God. AT: "but they do not really love me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`

			`# They worship me in vain`

			`"Their worship means nothing to me" or "They only pretend to worship me"`

			`# the commandments of people`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`"the rules that people make up"`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hypocrite]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/isaiah]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/honor]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/heart]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/worship]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/vain]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/doctrine]]`