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Matthew 11:8

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

But {G235} what {G5101} went ye out {G1831} for to see {G1492}? A man {G444} clothed {G294} in {G1722} soft {G3120} raiment {G2440}? behold {G2400}, they that wear {G5409} soft {G3120} clothing are {G1526} in {G1722} kings {G935}' houses {G3624}.

No? Then what did you go out to see? Someone who was well dressed? Well-dressed people live in kings' palaces.

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

But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that wear soft raiment are in kings’ houses.

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Cross-References

  • Matthew 3:4 (5 votes)

    And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

  • 2 Kings 1:8 (3 votes)

    And they answered him, [He was] an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It [is] Elijah the Tishbite.

  • Zechariah 13:4 (3 votes)

    And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:

  • Isaiah 20:2 (3 votes)

    At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

  • Revelation 11:3 (2 votes)

    ¶ And I will give [power] unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:11 (2 votes)

    Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

  • 2 Corinthians 11:27 (2 votes)

    In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.