Matthew 3:4

American Standard Version (1901)

Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

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  • Lev 11:22 : 22 Even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.
  • 2 Kgs 1:8 : 8 And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
  • Zech 13:4 : 4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he prophesieth; neither shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive:
  • Matt 11:8 : 8 But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft [raiment] ? Behold, they that wear soft [raiment] are in kings' houses.
  • Mark 1:6 : 6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and [had] a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey.
  • Luke 1:17 : 17 And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient [to walk] in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared [for him] .
  • Rev 11:3 : 3 And I will give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
  • Matt 11:18 : 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon.
  • Mal 4:5 : 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.
  • Deut 32:13 : 13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he did eat the increase of the field; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock;
  • 1 Sam 14:25-27 : 25 And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground. 26 And when the people were come unto the forest, behold, the honey dropped: but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.

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    3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight;

    4John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins.

    5And there went out unto him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; And they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

    6And John was clothed with camel's hair, and [had] a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey.

    7And he preached, saying, There cometh after me he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

  • Matt 3:1-3
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    1And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying,

    2Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

    3For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

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    5Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about the Jordan;

    6and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

    7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

  • Luke 3:2-4
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    2in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

    3And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;

    4as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.

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    33For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.

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    18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon.

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    8And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

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    22Even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

  • Luke 7:24-25
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    24And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken with the wind?

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    13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

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    23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

  • Matt 11:7-8
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    7And as these went their way, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken with the wind?

    8But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft [raiment] ? Behold, they that wear soft [raiment] are in kings' houses.

  • Luke 3:15-16
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    15And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether haply he were the Christ;

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    27[ even] he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.

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    18And the disciples of John told him of all these things.

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    3And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

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    3The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God.

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    24when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

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    10This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.

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    26And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

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    6There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

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    13And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan; And he was with the wild beasts; And the angels ministered unto him.

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    4Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that part the hoof: the camel, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.

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    2So I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins.

    3And the word of Jehovah came unto me the second time, saying,

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    24For John was not yet cast into prison.

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    19And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent unto him from Jerusalem priests and Levites to ask him, Who art thou?

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    14Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

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    12Now when he heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee;

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    2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered.

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    27This is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.

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    32But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not.

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    11I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and [in] fire:

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    4They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food.

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    3and said unto him, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?