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As they were going off, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind?(A) Then what did you go out to see? Someone dressed in fine clothing? Those who wear fine clothing are in royal palaces.

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They replied, “He wore a hairy garment[a] with a leather belt around his waist.” “It is Elijah the Tishbite!” he exclaimed.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:8 Hairy garment: a sign of prophetic calling; see Zec 13:4. John the Baptizer wore a similarly distinctive mantle; see Mt 3:4; Mk 1:6.

On that day, all prophets will be ashamed of the visions they prophesy; and they will not put on the hairy mantle[a] to mislead,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 13:4 Hairy mantle: worn by prophets as a sign of their calling, for example, Elijah (1 Kgs 19:13; 2 Kgs 1:8) and John the Baptist (Mt 3:4).