Matthew 15:8

15:8 ‘This people honors me with their lips,

but their heart ¹  is far from me,

Matthew 27:25

27:25 In ²  reply all the people said, “Let his blood be on us and on our children!”

Matthew 4:16

4:16 the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light,

and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.” ³ 

[15:8]  ¹ tn The term “heart” is a collective singular in the Greek text.

[27:25]  ² tn Grk “answering, all the people said.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

[4:16]  ³ sn A quotation from Isa 9:1.