Matthew 3:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

John’s clothes were made from camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. For food, he ate locusts and wild honey.

Cross References

2 Kings 1:8

They answered Ahaziah, “This man was wearing a hairy coat with a leather belt around his waist.” Then Ahaziah said, “That was Elijah the Tishbite.”

Leviticus 11:22

You may also eat all kinds of locusts, all kinds of winged locusts, all kinds of crickets, and all kinds of grasshoppers.

Mark 1:6

John wore clothes made from camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.

Matthew 11:8

Really, what did you expect to see? Someone dressed in fine clothes? Of course not. People who wear fine clothes are all in kings’ palaces.

Zechariah 13:4

At that time the prophets will be ashamed of their visions and prophecies. They will not wear the rough cloth that shows a person is a prophet. They will not wear those clothes to trick people with the lies they call prophecies.

Luke 1:17

John himself will go ahead of the Lord and make people ready for his coming. He will be powerful like Elijah and will have the same spirit. He will make peace between fathers and their children. He will cause people who are not obeying God to change and start thinking the way they should.”

Malachi 4:5

“Look, I will send Elijah the prophet to you. He will come before that great and terrible time of judgment from the Lord.

Revelation 11:3

And I will give power to my two witnesses. And they will prophesy for 1260 days. They will be dressed in sackcloth.”

Matthew 11:18

Why do I say people are like that? Because John came, not eating like other people or drinking wine, and people say, ‘He has a demon inside him.’

Deuteronomy 32:13

The Lord helped them take control of the hill country. They took the harvest in the fields. He gave them honey from the cliffs and olive oil from the rocky ground.

Isaiah 20:2

At that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. He said, “Go, take the sackcloth off your waist and the sandals off your feet.” So Isaiah obeyed the Lord and went without clothes or sandals.