Matthew 3:4

Good News Translation (US Version)

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.

Cross References

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.

Leviticus 11:22

You may eat locusts, crickets, or grasshoppers.

Mark 1:6

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

Matthew 11:8

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

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.

Luke 1:17

He will go ahead of the Lord, strong and mighty like the prophet Elijah. He will bring fathers and children together again; he will turn disobedient people back to the way of thinking of the righteous; he will get the Lord's people ready for him.”

Malachi 4:5

“But before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes, I will send you the prophet Elijah.

Revelation 11:3

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

Matthew 11:18

When John came, he fasted and drank no wine, and everyone said, ‘He has a demon in him!’

Deuteronomy 32:13

“He let them rule the highlands, and they ate what grew in the fields. They found wild honey among the rocks; their olive trees flourished in stony ground.

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.