en_tn/mat/15/08.md

# General Information:

Jesus continues to quote the prophet Isaiah to rebuke the Pharisees and scribes.

# This people honors me with their lips

Here "lips" refers to speaking. Alternate translation: "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. Alternate translation: "but they do not really love me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
tN issue 2811 2018-09-05 17:44:21 +00:00			`# General Information:`

			`Jesus continues to quote the prophet Isaiah to rebuke the Pharisees and scribes.`

Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# This people honors me with their lips`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`Here "lips" refers to speaking. Alternate translation: "These people say all the right things to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`
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			`# me`

			`All occurrences of this word refer to God.`

			`# but their heart is far from me`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`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. Alternate translation: "but they do not really love me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`
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