6John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
— Mark 1:6

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Illustration of Mark 1:6-7 NLT

Illustration of Mark 1:6-7 NLT -- [John the Baptist's] clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey. John announced: "Someone is coming soon who is greater than I am — so much greater that I'm not even worthy to stoop down like a slave and untie the straps of his sandals."