What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? See, those who wear soft clothes are in royal palaces.
Now John had a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.
during that time the Lord had spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, take off your sackcloth from your waist and remove the sandals from your feet,” and he did that, going stripped and barefoot #— #
They replied, “A hairy man with a leather belt around his waist.” He said, “It’s Elijah the Tishbite.”
I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.”
toil and hardship, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, cold, and without clothing.
Up to the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are poorly clothed, roughly treated, homeless;
The most sensitive and refined man among you will look grudgingly at his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children,
As these men were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? See, those who are splendidly dressed and live in luxury are in royal palaces.