27 Bible Verses about Bread
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"I myself am the bread of life," answered Jesus; "he who comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst again.
"I myself am the living bread that has come down from heaven. Any one who eats this bread will live forever; and moreover, the bread which I will give is my flesh, given for the life of the world."
Jesus answered him, "It is written, Not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God."
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and, when he had blessed it, he broke it and gave to his disciples, saying, "Take, eat, this is my body."
"What man of you is there who, when his son asks a loaf, will give him a stone?
So he that eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthy must answer for a sin against the body and blood of the Lord.
"What father is there among you who, if his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish will give him instead a serpent?
And he took a loaf, and after giving thanks, he broke it and gave it to them saying. "This is my body, which is given for you; this do in remembrance of me.'
He also said to them. "Suppose you have a friend and you go to him, 'My friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up in heaven, he blessed them, broke them in pieces, and began to giving to his disciples to apportion among the crowd.
"Our fathers ate manna in the wilderness, as it is written, 'He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.'"
He answered, "It is not seemly to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs."
He who ever supplies seed to the sower, and bread for the food of man, will supply and make plentous your seed, and increase the harvest springing up from your almsgiving.
For I passed on to you the account, which I myself received from the Lord; how the Lord Jesus, on the very night he was betrayed, took bread,
Day after day they continued stedfastly with one accord in the Temple; and breaking bread together in their own homes, they continued to eat their food with gladness and an undivided heart,
and when he had given thanks, he broke it, saying, "This is my body, broken for you; this do in memory of me."
Let each man scrutinize himself, and thus let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
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Bread » Hallowed
Bread » General references to
Bread » Baking of
Bread » How prepared » Kneaded
Bread » Breaking of
Then he told the people to sit down on the grass, and after taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves and handed them to the disciples, and the disciples handed them to the crowds.
When he had so said and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God before them all, and broke it and began to eat.
So he went in to stay with them. But as he sat down with them, and took bread, and had blessed and broken it, and was handing it to them,
and they stedfastly continued in the teaching of the apostles, and in the fellowship, in the breaking of the bread, and in the prayers.
Then he went upstairs again, broke bread and took some food, and after talking with them a long time, even until daybreak, he left them.
Bread » The principal food used by the ancients
Bread » Often given as a present
Bread » Illustrative » (seeking of begging,) of extreme poverty
Bread » Sacrificed
Bread » How prepared » Made into loaves
Now they had forgotten to take bread, and had not in the boat with them more than one loaf.
Bread » How prepared » Baked in ovens
Bread » Staff of life
Bread » Kinds of » Leavened (made with yeast)
He told them another parable. He said, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until the whole was leavened."
Bread » Often put for the whole sustenance of man
Bread » Kinds of » Bread of affliction
Bread » Scarceness of, sent as a punishment
Bread » Was kneaded
Bread » Illustrative » (when broken,) of the death of Christ
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and, when he had blessed it, he broke it and gave to his disciples, saying, "Take, eat, this is my body."
For I passed on to you the account, which I myself received from the Lord; how the Lord Jesus, on the very night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, saying, "This is my body, broken for you; this do in memory of me."
Bread » Kinds of » Unleavened (made without yeast)
Bread » Multitudes miraculously fed by Christ with
Then he told the people to sit down on the grass, and after taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves and handed them to the disciples, and the disciples handed them to the crowds. And they all ate and were fully satisfied, and they took up of the fragments that remained, twelve basketfuls. Those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
"How many loaves have you?" answered Jesus. They replied, "Seven, and a few small fish. So when he had summoned the crowd, and seated them upon the ground, he took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks, then he broke them and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd. read more.
And all ate and were satisfied, and of the fragments that remained they gathered seven large basketfuls.
Bread » Made of wheat flour
Bread » Symbolical » Of the body of Christ
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and, when he had blessed it, he broke it and gave to his disciples, saying, "Take, eat, this is my body."
For I passed on to you the account, which I myself received from the Lord; how the Lord Jesus, on the very night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, saying, "This is my body, broken for you; this do in memory of me."
On the first day of the week we met for the breaking of bread, and Paul, who was going away the next morning, began preaching to them, and prolonged his discourse until midnight.
Bread » Sometimes unleavened
So let us keep the unending feast, not with any old leaven, neither with leaven of malice and vice, but with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Bread » Broken for use
Then he told the people to sit down on the grass, and after taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves and handed them to the disciples, and the disciples handed them to the crowds.
Bread » Illustrative » (partaking of,) of communion of saints
Day after day they continued stedfastly with one accord in the Temple; and breaking bread together in their own homes, they continued to eat their food with gladness and an undivided heart,
Because we who are many are one bread, one body, for we all do share in the one loaf.
Bread » Usually leavened
He told them another parable. He said, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until the whole was leavened."
Bread » How prepared » On coals
When they got to the shore they beheld a charcoal fire ready laid, with fish on it, and some bread.
Bread » Figurative
Because we who are many are one bread, one body, for we all do share in the one loaf.
He who ever supplies seed to the sower, and bread for the food of man, will supply and make plentous your seed, and increase the harvest springing up from your almsgiving.
Bread » In times of scarcity, sold by weight
Bread » Was formed into » Cakes
Bread » Was baked » In ovens
Bread » Made by women
Bread » Sacred, called hallowed bread
Bread » Making of, a trade
Bread » Publicly sold
As twilight fell, his disciples came to him and said: "This is a lonely spot, and the day is far spent; send the crowds away, so that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food."
"In a lonely place like this," asked the disciple. "where can we get bread enough to satisfy such a crowd?"
Bread » Kept in baskets
Bread » Was formed into » Wafers
Bread » Illustrative » (want of,) of extreme poverty
Bread » Crumb of, used to wipe the fingers, thrown under the table
"He was full of sores, and longingly desired to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes! even the dogs came and licked his sores.
"True, Lord," she said, "but even the little dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."
Bread » Offered with sacrifices
Bread » Made of » Wheat
Bread » Was baked » On coals of fire
When they got to the shore they beheld a charcoal fire ready laid, with fish on it, and some bread.
Bread » When old, dry and mouldy
Bread » Yielded by the earth
Bread » Given by God
Bread » Made of » Barley
"There is a lad who has five barley loaves and a couple of fish; but what is that among so many?"
Bread » Called the staff of life
Bread » How prepared » In pans
Bread » How prepared » Cakes
Bread » Traffic in
In answer he said to them, "You yourselves are to give them food." "Are we to go and buy fifty dollars worth of bread," they said, "and give them food?"
Bread » First fruit of, offered to God
Bread » Served round after funerals
Bread » Was formed into » Loaves
Bread » Illustrative » (eating without scarceness,) of plenty
Bread » How prepared » Wafers
Bread » By idolaters
Bread » Illustrative » (of deceit,) of unlawful gain
Bread » Illustrative » (of idleness,) of sloth
Bread » Plenty of, promised to the obedient
Bread » Illustrative » (of wickedness,) of oppression
Bread » Illustrative » (fulness of,) of abundance
Bread » With water, the food of prisons
Bread » Ordinary, called common bread
Bread » Illustrative » (of adversity,) of heavy affliction
Bread » Illustrative » Of Christ
"for the bread of God is what come down from heaven, and gives life to the world." "Ah, Sir," said they, "evermore give us this bread." "I myself am the bread of life," answered Jesus; "he who comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst again.
Bread » Was baked » On hearths
Bread » Made of » Manna (in the wilderness)
Bread » Placed on table of shew bread
Bread » Nutritious and strengthening
Bread » Troughs used for kneading
Bread » Corn ground for making
Bread » How prepared » On coals of dung
Bread » Figurative » Christ
"In solemn truth I tell you," said Jesus in reply, "Moses did not give you the bread out of heaven, but my Father does give you the true bread out of heaven; "for the bread of God is what come down from heaven, and gives life to the world." "Ah, Sir," said they, "evermore give us this bread." read more.
"I myself am the bread of life," answered Jesus; "he who comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst again.
Bread » Made of » Beans, millet, &c
Bread » Illustrative » (of tears,) of sorrow
Bread » How prepared » Mixed with oil
Bread » Meal
Bread » How prepared » Cracknels
Bread » How prepared » Honey
Bread » How prepared » On hearths
Bread » Made by men
Bread » Barley
Bread » Manna
the Diet of the jews » Articles used for » Bread
Food » List of articles » Bread
"Thirty-five dollars worth of bread," answered Philip, "is not enough for them, so that each can take a morsel."
Food » Articles of » Bread
Symbols and similitudes » Bread
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and, when he had blessed it, he broke it and gave to his disciples, saying, "Take, eat, this is my body."
And as they were eating he took bread, and after the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "Take it, this is my body."
And he took a loaf, and after giving thanks, he broke it and gave it to them saying. "This is my body, which is given for you; this do in remembrance of me.'
Victuals » List of articles » Bread
"Thirty-five dollars worth of bread," answered Philip, "is not enough for them, so that each can take a morsel."
Topics on Bread
Bread, Figurative Of
John 6:33-35"for the bread of God is what come down from heaven, and gives life to the world."
Breaking Of Bread
Matthew 26:26And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and, when he had blessed it, he broke it and gave to his disciples, saying, "Take, eat, this is my body."
Consecrated Bread
Hebrews 9:2For a tent was built, the outer one called the Holy Place, in which were the lamp and the table and the loaves of the Presence;
Feast Of Unleavened Bread
Mark 14:1Now two days later was the feast of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread. Both the chief priests and the Scribes were continually seeking how they might arrest him by a stratagem and kill him;
Unleavened Bread
1 Corinthians 5:6-8Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that even a little leaven leavens all the lump?
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