Matthew 11:8

WEB

⁸But what did you go out to see? A man in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.

KJV

⁸ But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.

BSB

⁸Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces.

FBV

⁸So what did you go to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? People dressed like that live in kings' palaces.

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Extra References

Matthew 3:4

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

2 Kings 1:8

⁸They answered him, “He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist.” He said, “It’s Elijah the Tishbite.”

2 Corinthians 11:27

²⁷in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.

Zechariah 13:4

⁴It will happen in that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they won’t wear a hairy mantle to deceive,

Isaiah 20:2

²at that time the LORD spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loosen the sackcloth from off your waist, and take your sandals from off your feet.” He did so, walking naked and barefoot.

1 Corinthians 4:11

¹¹Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.

Revelation 11:3

³I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”