Now John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist; he ate locusts and wild honey.
Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
The whole Judean countryside was going out to him, and so were the people of Jerusalem. They were all being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
He proclaimed, “After me comes one who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.