33 Bible Verses about Reclining To Eat

And as they lay at table and were eating, Jesus said, Verily I say to you, One of you shall deliver me up; he who is eating with me.

And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. And having taken the seven loaves, he gave thanks, and broke them and gave them to his disciples, that they might set them before them; and they set them before the crowd.

And having commanded the crowds to recline upon the grass, having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed: and having broken the loaves, he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

And he commanded the crowds to lie down on the ground;

And he ordered them to make them all sit down by companies on the green grass.

And they did so, and made them all sit down.

And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place: the men therefore sat down, in number about five thousand.

And they sat down in ranks by hundreds and by fifties.

for they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down in companies by fifties.

And it came to pass, as he lay at table in the house, that behold, many tax-gatherers and sinners came and lay at table with Jesus and his disciples.

a woman, having an alabaster flask of very precious ointment, came to him and poured it out upon his head as he lay at table.

And when he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he lay at table, there came a woman having an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly; and having broken the alabaster flask, she poured it out upon his head.

But as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him that he would dine with him; and entering in he placed himself at table.

And it came to pass as he was at table with them, having taken the bread, he blessed, and having broken it, gave it to them.

And when the evening was come he lay down at table with the twelve.

And when the hour was come, he placed himself at table, and the twelve apostles with him.

And they that were with them at table began to say within themselves, Who is this who forgives also sins?

And it came to pass as he lay at table in his house, that many tax-gatherers and sinners lay at table with Jesus and his disciples; for they were many, and they followed him.

There therefore they made him a supper, and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those at table with him.

And one of those that were lying at table with them, hearing these things, said to him, Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

Now there was at table one of his disciples in the bosom of Jesus, whom Jesus loved.

But he, leaning on the breast of Jesus, says to him, Lord, who is it?

Peter, turning round, sees the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also leaned at supper on his breast, and said, Lord, who is it that delivers thee up?

But I say unto you, that many shall come from the rising and setting sun, and shall lie down at table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens;

Afterwards as they lay at table he was manifested to the eleven, and reproached them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen him risen.

But one of the Pharisees begged him that he would eat with him. And entering into the house of the Pharisee he took his place at table;

and behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, and knew that he was sitting at meat in the house of the Pharisee, having taken an alabaster box of myrrh,

Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord on coming shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.

And they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall lie down at table in the kingdom of God.

But when thou hast been invited, go and put thyself down in the last place, that when he who has invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour before all that are lying at table with thee;

But which of you is there who, having a bondman ploughing or shepherding, when he comes in out of the field, will say, Come and lie down immediately to table?

For which is greater, he that is at table or he that serves? Is not he that is at table? But I am in the midst of you as the one that serves.

Therefore shall they now go captive, with the first that go captive, and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away.