'Meal' in the Bible

As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew's house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.

Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

And he commanded the crowds to recline for a meal on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish [and] looking up to heaven, he gave thanks. And [after] breaking [them], he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples [gave them] to the crowds.

"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat {a meal}."

And commanding the crowd to recline for a meal on the ground,

On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus and asked, "Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?"

So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

and the meal was proceeding, when Jesus said, "In solemn truth I tell you that one of you will betray me."

During the meal Jesus took a Passover biscuit, blessed it and broke it. He then gave it to the disciples, saying, "Take this and eat it: it is my body."

As Jesus was having a meal in Levi's home, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

And He *came home, and the crowd *gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal.

And he commanded the crowd to recline for a meal on the ground, and taking the seven loaves, [after he] had given thanks he broke [them] and began giving [them] to his disciples so that they could set [them] before [them]. And they set [them] before the crowd.

So the people ate an abundant meal; and what remained over they picked up and carried away--seven hampers of broken pieces.

And [while] he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, [as] he was reclining for a meal, a woman came holding an alabaster flask of very costly perfumed oil of genuine nard. [After] breaking the alabaster flask, she poured [it] out on his head.

On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus' disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?"

When he goes into a house, say to its owner that the Teacher asks, "Where is my room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?'

So the disciples left and went into the city. They found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

Also during the meal He took a Passover biscuit, blessed it, and broke it. He then gave it to them, saying, "Take this, it is my body."

And Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining for the meal with them.

And one of the Pharisees made a request that he would take a meal with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house and took his seat at the table.

After Jesus had said this, a Pharisee invited him to have a meal with him. So Jesus went and took his place at the table.

The Pharisee was surprised to see that he didn't first wash before the meal.

It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

One Sabbath, Jesus went to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal. The guests were watching Jesus closely.

But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your host approaches he will say to you, 'Friend, move up here to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who share the meal with you.

But when you host an elaborate meal, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.

When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him, "Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!"

and he longed to make a hearty meal of the pods the swine were eating, but no one gave him any.

covered with sores and longing to make a full meal off the scraps flung on the floor from the rich man's table. Nay, the dogs, too, used to come and lick his sores.

"Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep, 'Come at once and sit down for a meal'?

Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover meal for us, so we can eat it.”

and say to the owner of the house, "The Teacher asks you, "Where is the room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?"'

So they went and found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

He told them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover meal with you before I suffer,

And in the same way, after the meal, he took the cup, saying, This cup is the new testament, made with my blood which is given for you.

For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.

And before their eyes he took a meal.

"Seven pounds' worth of bread," replied Philip, "is not enough for them all to get even a scanty meal."

"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that you are searching for me not because you have seen miracles, but because you ate the loaves and had a hearty meal.

So they made him a meal there, and he was waited on by Martha, and Lazarus was among those who were seated with him at table.

The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, that he should betray Jesus.

he got up from the meal, removed his outer clothes, took a towel and tied it around himself.

Then Jesus was led from Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters early in the morning. The Jews did not go into the headquarters, to avoid becoming unclean and unable to eat the Passover meal.

Peter turned around and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. (This was the disciple who had leaned back against Jesus' chest at the meal and asked, "Lord, who is the one who is going to betray you?")

He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him.

saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them."

He brought them into his house, set a meal before them, and rejoiced because he had believed God with his entire household.

And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.

And when he had said this and had taken bread, he gave praise to God before them all, and took a meal of the broken bread.

After eating a hearty meal they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat overboard.

For if someone should see you who has knowledge reclining for a meal in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, [because it] is weak, be strengthened so that [he] eats the food sacrificed to idols?

If one of the unbelievers invites you [to a meal at his home] and you want to go, eat whatever is served to you without asking questions [about its source] for the sake of your conscience.

But now, when you come together, it is not possible to take the holy meal of the Lord:

For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink.

In the same way, with the cup, after the meal, he said, This cup is the new testament in my blood: do this, whenever you take it, in memory of me.

For a man puts himself in danger, if he takes part in the holy meal without being conscious that it is the Lord's body.

So then, my brothers, when you come together to the holy meal of the Lord, let there be waiting for one another.

If any man is in need of food, let him take his meal in his house; so that you may not come together to your damage. And the rest I will put in order when I come.

And make sure that there isn’t any immoral or irreverent person like Esau, who sold his birthright in exchange for one meal.

Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and he with me.