Mark 1:6

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

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  • 2 Kgs 1:8 : 8 They replied, 'He was a man with a garment of hair and a leather belt around his waist.' The king said, 'It was Elijah the Tishbite.'
  • Lev 11:22 : 22 Of them you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.
  • Zech 13:4 : 4 On that day, every prophet will be ashamed of their visions when they prophesy. They will no longer wear a cloak of hair to deceive.
  • Matt 3:4 : 4 Now John himself had a garment made of camel’s hair, and a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

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    3This is the one who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: 'A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight.'

    4Now John himself had a garment made of camel’s hair, and a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

    5Then people from Jerusalem, all Judea, and the entire region around the Jordan were going out to him,

    6and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

  • Mark 1:7-10
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    7He proclaimed: 'After me comes one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.'

    8'I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'

    9In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

    10As Jesus came up out of the water, he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

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    3'A voice is calling out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make his paths straight.'

    4John appeared in the wilderness, baptizing and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

    5The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem came out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

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    1At that time, John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

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    7The king asked them, 'What kind of man was it who came to meet you and told you this?'

    8They replied, 'He was a man with a garment of hair and a leather belt around his waist.' The king said, 'It was Elijah the Tishbite.'

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

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    33'For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, "He has a demon!"'

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    26John answered them, saying, 'I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know.'

    27He is the one who comes after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.

    28This all happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

  • Luke 3:15-16
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    15As the people were waiting expectantly and all were pondering in their hearts about John, whether he might be the Christ,

    16John answered them all by saying, "I baptize you with water, but one who is mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

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

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    3And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

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    18John's disciples reported all these things to him. Then John called two of his disciples.

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    24Before His coming, John had already proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

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    7As they were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind?

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    1Thus the LORD said to me, "Go and buy a linen waistband, and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water."

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    22Of them you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.

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    24After John's messengers left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: 'What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind?'

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    19This is the testimony of John when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, 'Who are you?'

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    13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

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    26So they came to John and said to him, 'Rabbi, the one who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you testified—look, He is baptizing, and everyone is coming to Him.'

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    30This is the one I was talking about when I said, “A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.”

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    23He replied, 'I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, “Make straight the way for the Lord,” as the prophet Isaiah said.'

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    9But wear sandals and do not put on two tunics.

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    10I clothed you with embroidered garments, put sandals of fine leather on you, wrapped you in fine linen, and covered you with silk.

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    11I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

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    13And among the lampstands was one like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe and with a golden sash wrapped around His chest.

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    4But among those that chew the cud or have a divided hoof, you must not eat the camel. Though it chews the cud, it does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean to you.

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    35The next day John was standing there again with two of his disciples.

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    1This is what the Lord God showed me: He was forming a swarm of locusts at the beginning of the late crop, after the royal harvest.