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Matthew 15

Matt. 15:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
in vain
maten (Greek #3155)
folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose
KJV usage: in vain.
Pronounce: mat'-ane
Origin: accusative case of a derivative of the base of 3145 (through the idea of tentative manipulation, i.e. unsuccessful search, or else of punishment)
they do worship
sebomai (Greek #4576)
to revere, i.e. adore
KJV usage: devout, religious, worship.
Pronounce: seb'-om-ahee
Origin: middle voice of an apparently primary verb
me
me (Greek #3165)
me
KJV usage: I, me, my.
Pronounce: meh
Origin: a shorter (and probably originally) form of 1691
, teaching
didasko (Greek #1321)
to teach (in the same broad application)
KJV usage: teach.
Pronounce: did-as'-ko
Origin: a prolonged (causative) form of a primary verb δάω (to learn)
for doctrines
didaskalia (Greek #1319)
instruction (the function or the information)
KJV usage: doctrine, learning, teaching.
Pronounce: did-as-kal-ee'-ah
Origin: from 1320
t the commandments
entalma (Greek #1778)
an injunction, i.e. religious precept
KJV usage: commandment.
Pronounce: en'-tal-mah
Origin: from 1781
of men
anthropos (Greek #444)
man-faced, i.e. a human being
KJV usage: certain, man.
Pronounce: anth'-ro-pos
Origin: from 435 and ὤψ (the countenance; from 3700)
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Col. 2:22• 22(which are all for destruction in the using), according to the injunctions and trainings of men; (Col. 2:22)

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Cross References

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Ex. 20:7•  (Ex. 20:7)
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Lev. 26:16,20•  (Lev. 26:16,20)
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1 Sam. 25:21•  (1 Sam. 25:21)
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Psa. 39:6•  (Psa. 39:6)
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Psa. 73:13•  (Psa. 73:13)
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Eccl. 5:2‑7•  (Eccl. 5:2‑7)
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Isa. 1:13‑15•  (Isa. 1:13‑15)
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Isa. 58:1‑3•  (Isa. 58:1‑3)
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Mal. 3:14•  (Mal. 3:14)
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Mark 7:7• 7But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. (Mark 7:7)
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1 Cor. 15:2• 2by which also ye are being saved, if ye hold fast with what discourse I announced [it] to you, unless ye believed lightly. (1 Cor. 15:2)
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James 2:20• 20But art thou willing to learn, O vain man, that faith apart from works is dead? (James 2:20)
teaching.
Deut. 12:32•  (Deut. 12:32)
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Prov. 30:5‑6•  (Prov. 30:5‑6)
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Isa. 29:13•  (Isa. 29:13)
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Col. 2:18‑22• 18Let no one defraud you of your prize, doing his will in humility and worship of the angels, intruding into things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,
 19and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and knit together by the joints and bands, increaseth with the increase of God.
 20If ye died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as alive in [the] world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances?
 21Handle not, neither taste, nor even touch
 22(which are all for destruction in the using), according to the injunctions and trainings of men; (Col. 2:18‑22)
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1 Tim. 1:4• 4nor to pay heed to fables and endless genealogies, such as furnish questionings rather than God's dispensation that is in faith. (1 Tim. 1:4)
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1 Tim. 4:1‑3,6‑7• 1But the Spirit saith expressly that in latter times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,
 2by hypocrisy of legendmongers, branded in their own conscience,
 3forbidding to marry, [bidding] to abstain from meats which God created for reception with thanksgiving by those faithful and fully acquainted with the truth.
 6Setting these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith and the good teaching which thou hast followed up.
 7But the profane and old-womanish fables refuse, and exercise thyself unto piety; (1 Tim. 4:1‑3,6‑7)
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Titus 1:14• 14not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away as they do from the truth. (Titus 1:14)
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Heb. 13:9• 9Be not carried away with divers and strange doctrines; for [it is] good that the heart be confirmed with grace; not with meats, in which those that walked were not profited. (Heb. 13:9)
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Rev. 22:18• 18I testify to everyone that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If Anyone add to them, God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book: (Rev. 22:18)

J. N. Darby Translation

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but in vain do they worship me, teaching as teachings commandments of men.

W. Kelly Translation

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but in vain do they worship me, teaching [as] teachings commandments of men.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)