(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,

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.

No one, having drunk old, desireth new; for he saith, The old, is, mellow.

He is the one about whom it was written [Mal. 3:1], 'Look, I [will] send my messenger on ahead of you. He will prepare the pathway in front of you.'

Now one of the Pharisees repeatedly invited Him to a meal at his house; so He entered the house and reclined at the table.

He went to him, and dressed his wounds with oil and wine and bound them up. Then placing him on his own mule he brought him to an inn, where he bestowed every care on him.

And as he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him {to have a meal} with him, and he went in [and] reclined at table.

And the Pharisee, [when he] saw [it], was astonished that he did not first wash before the meal.

But if that slave should say {to himself}, 'My master is taking a long time to return,' and he begins to beat the male slaves and the female slaves and to eat and drink and get drunk,

I tell you that you shall not go out thence till you have paid even the last lepton [2 mill].

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

It happened one Sabbath, when He went for a meal at the house of one of the ruling Pharisees, that they were watching Him closely and carefully [hoping to entrap Him].

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 sent forth his bondman at the hour of the meal to say to those who were invited, Come, because all things are now ready.

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.

It profiteth him, if, a mill-stone, is hung about his neck, and he is cast into the sea, than that he cause, one, of these little ones, to stumble.

But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have 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?

There will be two women turning the mill together: one will be taken away and the other left behind."

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

And say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks, “Where is the guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?”’

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

And when the time came [for the Passover meal], Jesus reclined with His apostles [at the table]. [Note: See Matt. 23:6].

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

Then Jesus took a cup [Note: This was one of the cups partaken of during the Passover meal], and after giving thanks to God [for it], He said, "Take this and share it among yourselves,

He gave them the cup in like manner, when the meal was over. "This cup," He said, "is the new Covenant ratified by my blood which is to be poured out on your behalf.

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.