Luke 7:25

New Century Version

What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, people who have fine clothes and much wealth live in kings’ palaces.

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:35

I am eighty years old! I am too old to taste what I eat or drink. I am too old to hear the voices of men and women singers. Why should you be bothered with me?

1 Kings 10:5

the food on his table, his many officers, the palace servants, and their good clothes. She saw the servants who served him at feasts and the whole burnt offerings he made in the Temple of the Lord. All these things amazed her.

2 Kings 1:8

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

Esther 1:11

He commanded them to bring him Queen Vashti, wearing her royal crown. She was to come to show her beauty to the people and important men, because she was very beautiful.

Esther 1:3

In the third year of his rule, he gave a banquet for all his important men and royal officers. The army leaders from the countries of Persia and Media and the important men from all Xerxes’ empire were there.

Esther 4:2

But Mordecai went only as far as the king’s gate, because no one was allowed to enter that gate dressed in rough cloth.

Esther 5:1

On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner courtyard of the king’s palace, facing the king’s hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the hall, facing the doorway.

Esther 8:15

Mordecai left the king’s presence wearing royal clothes of blue and white and a large gold crown. He also had a purple robe made of the best linen. And the people of Susa shouted for joy.

Isaiah 59:17

He covered himself with goodness like armor. He put the helmet of salvation on his head. He put on his clothes for punishing and wrapped himself in the coat of his strong love.

Matthew 11:8

What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear fine clothes live in kings’ palaces.

Matthew 3:4

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

Matthew 6:29

But I tell you that even Solomon with his riches was not dressed as beautifully as one of these flowers.

Luke 16:19

Jesus said, “There was a rich man who always dressed in the finest clothes and lived in luxury every day.

Luke 7:24

When John’s followers left, Jesus began talking to the people about John: “What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed blown by the wind?

Luke 7:26

But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, and I tell you, John is more than a prophet.