Matthew 11:8 - Tree of Life Version

⁸ No? So what did you go out to see? A man dressed in finery? Look, those who wear finery are in the palaces of kings!

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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

2 Kings 1:8

They answered him, “He was a hairy man with a leather belt around his waist.” “It’s Elijah the Tishbite,” he said.

Isaiah 20:2

at that time Adonai spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your loins and your sandals from your feet.” So he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

Zechariah 13:4

Therefore in that day each ‘prophet’ will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will no longer wear a hairy mantle in order to deceive

Matthew 11:7

Now as they were leaving, Yeshua began to talk to the crowd concerning John. “What did you go out to the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

Matthew 11:9

Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, even more than a prophet.

Matthew 3:4

Now John wore clothing from camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Luke 7:25

No? So what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine garments? Look, those who wear finery and live in luxury are in the palaces of kings!

1 Corinthians 4:11

To this very hour we are both hungry and thirsty, dressed in rags and mistreated and homeless.

2 Corinthians 11:27

in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

Deuteronomy 28:54

The most tender and delicate man among you—his eye will become evil against his brother and the wife of his bosom and the rest of his children that he has left.

Revelation 11:3

And I will grant authority to My two witnesses and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.”