Matthew 3:4
Now John himself wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
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- Lev 11:22 : 22 Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.
- 2 Kgs 1:8 : 8 They answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a belt of leather about his loins. He said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
- Zech 13:4 : 4 It will happen in that day, that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision, when he prophesies; neither will they wear a hairy mantle to deceive:
- Matt 11:8 : 8 But what did you go out to see? A man in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in king's houses.
- Mark 1:6 : 6 John was clothed with camel's hair and a leather belt around his loins. 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 I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred 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 great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
- Deut 32:13 : 13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, He ate the increase of the field; He made him to suck honey out of the rock, Oil out of the flinty rock;
- 1 Sam 14:25-27 : 25 All the people came into the forest; and there was honey on the ground. 26 When the people were come to the forest, behold, the honey dropped: but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan didn't hear when his father charged the people with the oath: therefore he put forth the end of the rod who 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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3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!'"
4 John came baptizing{To baptize means to immerse in (or wash with) water (or fire). This baptizm is not just to cleanse the body, but as an outward sign of an inward spiritual cleansing and commitment.} in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.
5 All the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.
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7 He preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen.
- Matt 3:1-33 verses80%
1 In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
2 "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!"
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- Matt 3:5-73 verses79%
5 Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.
6 They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
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2 in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
3 He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.
4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.
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18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'
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8 They answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a belt of leather about his loins. He said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
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24 When John's messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
25 But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
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13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
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7 As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
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15 As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,
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27 He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to loosen."
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18 The disciples of John told him about all these things.
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10 For this is he, of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'
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6 There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
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4 "'Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those who part the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but doesn't have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you.
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2 So I bought a belt according to the word of Yahweh, and put it on my loins.
3 The word of Yahweh came to me the second time, saying,
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24 For John was not yet thrown into prison.
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19 This is John's testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
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14 Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"
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12 Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.
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2 When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.
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32 But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you don't know about."
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11 I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.{TR and NU add "and with fire"}
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4 They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom are their food.
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3 and said to him, "Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?"