"They honor me with their lips but their hearts are far from me,
teaching as doctrine the precepts of men."
The theme of Yeshua's ministry as presented in Matthew continues here in the 15th chapter - that is, the heart produces the actions of a person, and if that heart is wicked, adulterous, and arrogant, then the action produced is vain honor from lying lips, perverse usage of God's Commandments, and elevation of man-made tradition. But if one mourns their sin, acknowledges their guilt before God, humbles themselves in their heart, then their blindness is healed, their hearing is restored, and their mourning is comforted. A ritual from an unclean heart is worthless.
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