12 Bible Verses about No Food

For even when we were with you, we gave you this order: If any person does not [want to] work, he should not [get to] eat.

for a friend of mine has come to [visit] me while on a trip and I do not have anything to feed him?'

But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread to eat, and here I am, dying from hunger!

Now when they had run out of wine, Jesus' mother said to Him, "They do not have any more wine [left]."

Philip answered Him, "Not even two hundred coins' worth of bread would be enough to feed them if everyone ate only a little bit." [Note: The amount here indicated was two hundred days of a farm laborer's pay, or about $14,000 in 1994].

"Now a great famine occurred all over Egypt and Canaan, causing extreme hardships, and our forefathers did not have enough to live on.

Now the disciples came to the other side [i.e., to the east side of the lake], but had forgotten to bring food [with them].

And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, "[Why be concerned about yeast since] we did not bring [any] bread?"

Now Jesus' disciples had forgotten to take [any] food [with them], and had only one loaf of bread in the boat.

And they began reasoning with one another, saying, " [Why be concerned about yeast since] we do not have [any] bread?" Jesus, being aware of what they were thinking, said, "Why are you reasoning about not having any bread? Have you not yet perceived or understood? Have your hearts become insensitive?

In those days, when a large crowd again assembled [i.e., to listen to Jesus' teaching] and did not have anything to eat, Jesus called His disciples and said to them,

"I feel deep pity for this crowd because they have continued listening to me for three days now and have nothing [left] to eat.