Thematic Bible: Blessings (grace) before meals


Thematic Bible



When you come into the town you will see him straight away, before he goes up to the high place for the feast: the people are waiting for his blessing before starting the feast, and after that the guests will take part in it. So go up now and you will see him.

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 he took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes; and having given praise, he gave the broken bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.

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.



Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain