Matthew 11:8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

What, then, did you go out to see? Someone dressed in soft robes? Look, those who wear soft robes are in royal palaces.

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.”

Isaiah 20:2

at that time the Lord had spoken to Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go and loose the sackcloth from your loins and take your sandals off your feet,” and he had done so, walking naked and barefoot.

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 11:7

As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind?

Matthew 11:9

What, then, did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

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.

Luke 7:25

What, then, did you go out to see? Someone dressed in soft robes? Look, those who put on fine clothing and live in luxury are in royal palaces.

1 Corinthians 4:11

To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are naked and beaten and homeless,

2 Corinthians 11:27

in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, hungry and thirsty, often without food, cold and naked.

Deuteronomy 28:54

Even the most refined and gentle of men among you will begrudge food to his own brother, to the wife whom he embraces, and to the last of his remaining children,

Revelation 11:3

And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for one thousand two hundred sixty days, wearing sackcloth.”