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Mark 1:6
John was clothed with camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
Mark 1:6 · World English Bible
Mark 1:6 in other translations
And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
John was clothed with camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
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In context
3 the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!’”
4 John came baptizing 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.
6 John was clothed with camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
7 He preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen.
8 I baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.”
9 In those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
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