Matthew 11:8

Good News Translation (US Version)

What did you go out to see? A man dressed up in fancy clothes? People who dress like that live in palaces!

Cross References

Matthew 3:4

John's clothes were made of camel's hair; he wore a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Zechariah 13:4

When that time comes, no prophet will be proud of his visions or act like a prophet or wear a prophet's coarse garment in order to deceive people.

Isaiah 20:2

Three years earlier the Lord had told Isaiah son of Amoz to take off his sandals and the sackcloth he was wearing. He obeyed and went around naked and barefoot.

2 Kings 1:8

“He was wearing a cloak made of animal skins, tied with a leather belt,” they answered. “It's Elijah!” the king exclaimed.

Revelation 11:3

I will send my two witnesses dressed in sackcloth, and they will proclaim God's message during those 1, 260 days.”

2 Corinthians 11:27

There has been work and toil; often I have gone without sleep; I have been hungry and thirsty; I have often been without enough food, shelter, or clothing.

1 Corinthians 4:11

To this very moment we go hungry and thirsty; we are clothed in rags; we are beaten; we wander from place to place;

Deuteronomy 28:54

Even the most refined man of noble birth will become so desperate during the siege that he will eat some of his own children because he has no other food. He will not even give any to his brother or to the wife he loves or to any of his children who are left.

Matthew 11:7

While John's disciples were leaving, Jesus spoke about him to the crowds: “When you went out to John in the desert, what did you expect to see? A blade of grass bending in the wind?

Matthew 11:9

Tell me, what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes indeed, but you saw much more than a prophet.

Luke 7:25

What did you go out to see? A man dressed up in fancy clothes? People who dress like that and live in luxury are found in palaces!