Matthew 11:8

A Conservative Version

But what did ye go out to see? A man clothed in delicate clothes? Behold, those wearing delicate things are in king's houses.

Cross References

Matthew 3:4

Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather belt about his waist. And his food was locusts and wild honey.

Zechariah 13:4

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed each one of his vision, when he prophesies, nor shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive.

Isaiah 20:2

at that time LORD spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

2 Kings 1:8

And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a belt of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

Revelation 11:3

And I will give to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days clothed in sackcloth.

2 Corinthians 11:27

in toil and hardship, in frequent sleeplessness, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fasts, in cold and nakedness.

1 Corinthians 4:11

As far as the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are ill clothed, and are treated roughly, and are homeless.

Deuteronomy 28:54

The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his sons whom he has remaining,

Matthew 11:7

And while those men departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes about John, What did ye go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

Matthew 11:9

But what did ye go out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

Luke 7:25

But what did ye go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those in elegant clothing, and existing in luxury, are in kingly places.