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Matthew 15:7-9 NWT
. . ."YOU hypocrites, Isaiah aptly prophesied about YOU, when he said, 8 'This people honors me with their lips, yet their heart is far removed from me. 9 It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, because they teach commands of men as doctrines.'"

Matthew 15:7-9 CEV
(7) And you are nothing but show-offs! Isaiah the prophet was right when he wrote that God had said, (8) "All of you praise me with your words, but you never really think about me. (9) It is useless for you to worship me, when you teach rules made up by humans."

Matthew 15:7-9 BBE
(7) You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you, (8) These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me. (9) But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.

Matthew 15:7-9 ALT
(7) "Hypocrites! Correctly Isaiah prophesied concerning you*, saying, (8) 'This people draws near to Me with their mouth [fig., speech] and honors Me with the lips [fig., words], but their heart is far distant from Me. (9) 'But in vain [or, to no purpose] do they worship Me, teaching [as] teachings [or, doctrines], commandments of people.'" [Isaiah 29:13, LXX]

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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation