Mark 1:6

New American Bible - revised edition

John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. He fed on locusts and wild honey.

Cross References

2 Kings 1:8

They replied, “He wore a hairy garment with a leather belt around his waist.” “It is Elijah the Tishbite!” he exclaimed.

Leviticus 11:22

hence of these you may eat the following: the various kinds of locusts, the various kinds of bald locusts, the various kinds of crickets, and the various kinds of grasshoppers.

Zechariah 13:4

On that day, all prophets will be ashamed of the visions they prophesy; and they will not put on the hairy mantle to mislead,

Matthew 3:4

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

Mark 1:5

People of the whole Judean countryside and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River as they acknowledged their sins.

Mark 1:7

And this is what he proclaimed: “One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals.