Matthew 15:7-9 You hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,… We have sometimes seen a tree which looked with its great spreading arms and massive trunk as strong as other trees. "The storm beat upon it and it fell," and then we wondered that it could stand so long when little but the bark and outer fibre supported it, and within was nothing but decay. And do we not often find that where zeal has grown cold and the inner spiritual life has become dead, that habits of formal attention to religious duties are maintained for a long time before the crash comes that reveals the utter ruin and desolation of the spiritual life? (J. G. Pilkington.) Parallel Verses KJV: Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,WEB: You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, |
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