Adjective mataios (vain) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Acts

14: 15"Friends, why are you doing this? We are mortals just like you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain (mataios) things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.