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# General Information:
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Jesus continues to quote the prophet Isaiah to rebuke the Pharisees and scribes.
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# This people honors me with their lips
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Here "lips" refers to speaking. Alternate translation: "These people say all the right things to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# me
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All occurrences of this word refer to God.
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# but their heart is far from me
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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/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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