Now John dressed in clothing made of camel's hair and he wore a leather belt around his waist; he ate grasshoppers and wild honey [i.e., for his regular diet].

You should not take an oath, [saying] 'by my head,' for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

But when you fast, groom your hair and wash your face

God even knows the number of hairs on your head [Note: The average full head of hair has approximately 25,000 hairs].

[He said] "It will be too bad for you, Chorazin! It will be too bad for you, Bethsaida! For if the powerful miracles had been performed in [the cities of] Tyre and Sidon which were performed in your presence, they would have repented long ago, [demonstrating it] by wearing sackcloth [i.e., a coarse cloth made of goat hair] and throwing ashes [into the air].