Mark 1:6

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

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

Cross References

2 Kings 1:8

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

Leviticus 11:22

Of them you may eat: the locust according to its kind, the bald locust according to its kind, the cricket according to its kind, and the grasshopper according to its kind.

Zechariah 13:4

On that day the prophets will be ashamed, every one, of their visions when they prophesy; they will not put on a hairy mantle in order to deceive,

Matthew 3:4

Now John wore clothing of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Mark 1:5

And people from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

Mark 1:7

He proclaimed, “The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals.