Matthew 3:4

Good News Translation

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.

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.

Leviticus 11:22

You may eat locusts, crickets, or grasshoppers.

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.

Malachi 4:5

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

Matthew 11:18

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

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!

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.

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.”

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.

Revelation 11:3

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