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