8 Bible Verses about Asceticism, People Practicing
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This John had his clothes made of camel's hair, with a leather girdle round his loins; his food was locusts and wild honey.
John was dressed in camel's hair, with a leather girdle round his loins, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and men say, 'He has a devil';
For John the Baptist has come, eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a devil';
Then the disciples of John came up to him and said, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast a great deal, and your disciples do not fast?"
As the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were observing a fast, people came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, and your disciples do not fast?"
They said to him, "The disciples of John fast frequently and offer prayers, as do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your adherents eat and drink."
