'Food' in the Bible

Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.

And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

But when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean;

So that no one may see that you are going without food, but your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?

See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?

Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?

Now there was, some distance away, a great herd of pigs taking their food.

And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples.

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?

Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?

And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.

Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats or shoes or a stick: for the workman has a right to his food.

For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit.

The Son of man has come feasting, and they say, See, a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners! And wisdom is judged to be right by her works.

At that time Jesus went through the fields on the Sabbath day; and his disciples, being in need of food, were taking the heads of grain.

But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?

How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests?

And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.

But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.

And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.

And they all took of the food and had enough: and they took up twelve baskets full of broken bits which were not used.

And those who had food were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.

Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.

These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.

And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.

And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?

And they all took food, and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits, seven baskets full.

And there were four thousand men who took food, together with women and children.

Now in the morning when he was coming back to the town, he had a desire for food.

For nation will be moved against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and men will be without food, and the earth will be shaking in different places;

Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?

For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in;

Then will the upright make answer to him, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food, and give it to you? or in need of drink, and give it to you?

For I was in need of food, and you gave it not to me; I was in need of drink, and you gave it not to me:

Then will they make answer, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food or drink, or wandering, or without clothing, or ill, or in prison, and did not take care of you?

And while they were taking food, he said, Truly I say to you that one of you will be false to me.

And when they were taking food, Jesus took bread and, after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to the disciples and said, Take it; this is my body.

And John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was taking food with the tax-farmers and sinners, said to his disciples, Why does he take food and drink with such men?

And John's disciples and the Pharisees were taking no food: and they came and said to him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees go without food, but your disciples do not?

And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of a newly-married man go without food while he is with them? as long as they have him with them they will not go without food.

But the days will come when the husband will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.

And he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did, when he had need and was without food, he, and those who were with him?

How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food.

Now on the mountain side there was a great herd of pigs getting their food.

And he gave them special orders that they were not to say anything of this; and he said that some food was to be given to her.

And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food.

Send them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food for themselves.

But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?

And they all took of the food and had enough.

Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:

And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep--washings of cups and pots and brass vessels.

Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.

And he said to her, Let the children first have their food: for it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.

In those days again, when there was a great mass of people and they had no food, he made his disciples come to him and said to them,

I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;

If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far.

And they took the food, and had enough; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken bits.

And on the day after, when they had come out from Bethany, he was in need of food.

Nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom: there will be earth-shocks in different places; there will be times when there is no food; these things are the first of the troubles.

And while they were seated taking food, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, One of you will be false to me, one who is taking food with me.

And while they were taking food, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said, Take it: this is my body.

And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.

Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.

And this is the sign to you: you will see a young child folded in linen, in the place where the cattle have their food.

And they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.

She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.

And he made answer and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has not even one; and he who has food, let him do the same.

For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food.

Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land;

And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners?

And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink.

And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them?

But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.

Now it came about that on the Sabbath he was going through the fields of grain, and his disciples took the heads of the grain for food, crushing them in their hands.

And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;

How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.

Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow.

But what did you go out to see? a man in soft clothing? See now, those who have beautiful clothing and delicate food are in kings' houses.

For John the Baptist came, taking no food or drink, and you say, He has an evil spirit.

The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners.

Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them.

And her spirit came back to her and she got up straight away: and he gave orders that food was to be given to her.

And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.

But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.

And they all took the food and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits which were over, twelve baskets full.

Take no bag for money or for food, and no shoes; say no word to any man on the way.

And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house.

And into whatever town you go, if they take you in, take whatever food is given to you:

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed.

Is not life more than food, and the body than its clothing?

Give thought to the ravens; they do not put seeds into the earth, or get together grain; they have no store-houses or buildings; and God gives them their food: of how much greater value are you than the birds!

And do not give overmuch thought to your food and drink, and let not your mind be full of doubts.