"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? Then what did you go out to see? Someone dressed in fine clothing? Those who wear fine clothing are in royal palaces."
There is a wonderful line in Shakespeare's "The Merchant Of Venice", said by Bassanio who had to solve a riddle so could marry Portia, a rich and beauty lady. He had to choose one out of 3 caskets: there were the gold one and the silver one (both beautifully ornamented) and the ordinary lead one (which was the right one).
"So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But, being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil"
People who came to desert to hear John the Baptist, didn't look for "the ornaments" of his clothes, they wanted to hear the truth.
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