Matthew 3:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

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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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 11:8 : 8 But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
  • Mark 1:6 : 6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a leather belt around his waist; and he ate locusts and wild honey.
  • Luke 1:17 : 17 He will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
  • Rev 11:3 : 3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
  • Matt 11:18 : 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.
  • Mal 4:5 : 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
  • Deut 32:13 : 13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
  • 1 Sam 14:25-27 : 25 All the people of the land came to a forest, and there was honey on the ground. 26 When the people came into the forest, behold, the honey was dripping, but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan had not heard when his father charged the people with the oath, so he put out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.

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    3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

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    5And all the land of Judea and those from Jerusalem went out to him, and were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

    6And 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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  • Matt 3:1-3
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    1In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

    2And saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.

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

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    2Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

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

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    8And they answered him, He was a hairy man, with a belt of leather around his waist. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

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    22Of 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.

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    15And as the people were in expectation, and all men pondered in their hearts about John, whether he was the Christ or not;

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    2So I got a belt according to the word of the LORD, and put it around my waist.

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