Matthew 3:4

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Mark 1:6

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

Matthew 11:8

Then what did you go out to see? Someone dressed in fine clothing? Those who wear fine clothing are in royal palaces.

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,

Luke 1:17

He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers toward children and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to prepare a people fit for the Lord.”

Revelation 11:3

I will commission my two witnesses to prophesy for those twelve hundred and sixty days, wearing sackcloth.”

Matthew 11:18

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they said, ‘He is possessed by a demon.’

Deuteronomy 32:13

He had them mount the summits of the land, fed them the produce of its fields; He suckled them with honey from the crags and olive oil from the flinty rock;

Isaiah 20:2

at that time the Lord had spoken through Isaiah, the son of Amoz: Go and take off the sackcloth from your waist, and remove the sandals from your feet. This he did, walking naked and barefoot.