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Mark 1:6

World English Bible

John was clothed with camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.

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Mark 1:6 in other translations

And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and had a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey.

Mark 1:6 · American Standard Version

Mark 1:6 in context

  1. 4John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.
  2. 5All 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.
  3. 6John was clothed with camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
  4. 7He 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.
  5. 8I baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.”