en_tn_lite_do_not_use/mat/15/07.md

This continues ​the encounter between Jesus and the Pharisees and scribes.

well did Isaiah prophesy

AT: "Isaiah told the truth in this prophecy"

when he said

AT: "when he told what God said"

This people honors me with their lips

AT: "These people say all the right things"

but their heart is far from me

AT: "but they do not really love me." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

They worship me in vain

AT: "Their worship has no effect on me" or "They only pretend to worship me"

the commands of people

"rules that people make up."