Mark 1:6

Modern English Version

John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist. And he ate locusts and wild honey.

Cross References

2 Kings 1:8

They answered him, “He was a hairy man with a leather belt around his waist.” He said, “It was Elijah the Tishbite.”

Leviticus 11:22

Even of these you may eat: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind.

Zechariah 13:4

On that day each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a robe of coarse hair in order to deceive.

Matthew 3:4

This same John had clothing made of camel’s hair, a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Mark 1:5

The whole region of Judea and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

Mark 1:7

He preached saying, “After me is coming One mightier than I, the straps of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.