Matthew 3:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.

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  • Lev 11:22 : 22 these of them ye do eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind;
  • 2 Kgs 1:8 : 8 And they say unto him, `A man -- hairy, and a girdle of skin girt about his loins;' and he saith, `He `is' Elijah the Tishbite.'
  • Zech 13:4 : 4 And it hath come to pass, in that day, Ashamed are the prophets, each of his vision, in his prophesying, And they put not on a hairy robe to deceive.
  • Matt 11:8 : 8 `But what went ye out to see? -- a man clothed in soft garments? lo, those wearing the soft things are in the kings' houses.
  • Mark 1:6 : 6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,
  • Luke 1:17 : 17 and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.'
  • Rev 11:3 : 3 and I will give to My two witnesses, and they shall prophesy days, a thousand, two hundred, sixty, arrayed with sackcloth;
  • Matt 11:18 : 18 `For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon;
  • Mal 4:5 : 5 Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.
  • Deut 32:13 : 13 He maketh him ride on high places of earth, And he eateth increase of the fields, And He maketh him suck honey from a rock, And oil out of the flint of a rock;
  • 1 Sam 14:25-27 : 25 And all `they of' the land have come into a forest, and there is honey on the face of the field; 26 and the people come in unto the forest, and lo, the honey dropped, and none is moving his hand unto his mouth, for the people feared the oath. 27 And Jonathan hath not heard of his father's adjuring the people, and putteth forth the end of the rod, which `is' in his hand, and dippeth it in the honeycomb, and bringeth back his hand unto his mouth -- and his eyes see!

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    3`A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye his paths,' --

    4John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,

    5and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

    6And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,

    7and he proclaimed, saying, `He doth come -- who is mightier than I -- after me, of whom I am not worthy -- having stooped down -- to loose the latchet of his sandals;

  • Matt 3:1-3
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    1And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,

    2and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'

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  • Matt 3:5-7
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    5Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,

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

    7And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, `Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?

  • Luke 3:2-4
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    2Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests -- there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness,

    3and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,

    4as it hath been written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths;

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    33`For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a demon;

  • Matt 11:18
    71%

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

  • 2 Kgs 1:8
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    8And they say unto him, `A man -- hairy, and a girdle of skin girt about his loins;' and he saith, `He `is' Elijah the Tishbite.'

  • Lev 11:22
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    22these of them ye do eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind;

  • Luke 7:24-25
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    24And the messengers of John having gone away, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John: `What have ye gone forth to the wilderness to look on? a reed by the wind shaken?

    25but what have ye gone forth to see? a man in soft garments clothed? lo, they in splendid apparellings, and living in luxury, are in the houses of kings!

  • Matt 3:13
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    13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him,

  • John 1:23
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    23He said, `I `am' a 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 they are going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, `What went ye out to the wilderness to view? -- a reed shaken by the wind?

    8`But what went ye out to see? -- a man clothed in soft garments? lo, those wearing the soft things are in the kings' houses.

  • Luke 3:15-16
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    15And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ;

    16John answered, saying to all, `I indeed with water do baptise you, but he cometh who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals -- he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire;

  • John 1:27-28
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    27of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the cord of his sandal.'

    28These things came to pass in Bethabara, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing,

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    18And the disciples of John told him about all these things,

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    3And He saith unto me, `Son of man, thy belly thou dost feed, and thy bowels thou dost fill with this roll that I am giving unto thee;' and I eat it, and it is in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

  • Isa 40:3
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    3A voice is crying -- in a wilderness -- Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, Make straight in a desert a highway to our God.

  • Acts 13:24
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    24John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel;

  • Matt 11:10
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    10for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

  • John 3:26
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    26and they came unto John, and said to him, `Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'

  • John 1:6
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    6There came a man -- having been sent from God -- whose name `is' John,

  • Mark 1:13
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    13and he was there in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by the Adversary, and he was with the beasts, and the messengers were ministering to him.

  • Lev 11:4
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    4`Only, this ye do not eat -- of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the hoof -- the camel, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof not dividing -- it `is' unclean to you;

  • Jer 13:2-3
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    66%

    2and I get the girdle, according to the word of Jehovah, and I place `it' on my loins.

    3And there is a word of Jehovah unto me a second time, saying,

  • John 3:24
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    24for John was not yet cast into the prison --

  • John 1:19
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    19And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they might question him, `Who art thou?'

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    14Then come to him do the disciples of John, saying, `Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples fast not?'

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    12And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee,

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    2and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger.

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    30this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because he was before me:

  • Luke 7:27
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    27this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;

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    32and he said to them, `I have food to eat that ye have not known.'

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    11`I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

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    4Those cropping mallows near a shrub, And broom-roots `is' their food.

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    3said to him, `Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?'