Mark 1:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 2 Kgs 1:8 : 8 And they answered him, He was a hairy man, with a belt of leather around his waist. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
  • Lev 11:22 : 22 Of these you 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.
  • 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 has prophesied; nor shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
  • Matt 3:4 : 4 And this same John wore clothing made of camel's hair, and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

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    3For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

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    5Then Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan came out to him,

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    7And preached, saying, There comes one mightier than I after me, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

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