Matthew 11:8 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁸ But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Indeed, those who wear soft garments are in kings' houses.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ What did you go out to see then? A man clothed in soft garments? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in the houses of kings.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that wear soft raiment are in kings’ houses.

Common English Bible

⁸ What did you go out to see? A man dressed up in refined clothes? Look, those who wear refined clothes are in royal palaces.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ So what did you go out to see? A man in soft garments? Behold, those who are clothed in soft garments are in the houses of kings.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ But what went you out to see? a man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of kings.

Matthew 11:8 Cross References

Matthew 11:7

Now as these men were going, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

Matthew 11:9

But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and far more [than] a prophet.

Matthew 3:4

And John himself had his clothing [made] from camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Luke 7:25

But what have you gone out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Indeed those who are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in royal [palaces].

1 Corinthians 4:11

Even unto this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are naked, and beaten, and homeless.

2 Corinthians 11:27

in labor and hardship, in sleepless nights often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness-

Revelation 11:3

And I will give [power] to My two witnesses, and they shall prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, having been clothed in sackcloth."