15 Bible Verses about Preparing Food

On the first day of unleavened bread the disciples of Jesus came up and said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the passover?" He said, "Go into the city to so-and-so; tell him that the Teacher says, 'My time is near, I will celebrate the passover at your house with my disciples.' " So the disciples did as Jesus had told them, and prepared the passover.

On the first day of unleavened bread (the day when the paschal lamb was sacrificed) his disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the passover?" So he despatched two of his disciples, telling them, "Go into the city and you will meet a man carrying a water-jar; follow him, and whatever house he goes into, tell the owner that the Teacher says, 'Where is my room, that I may eat the passover there with my disciples?'read more.
He will show you a large room upstairs, with couches spread, all ready; prepare the passover for us there." The disciples went away into the city and found it was as he had told them. So they prepared the passover,

So Jesus despatched Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the passover for us that we may eat it." They asked him, "Where do you want us to prepare it?" He said to them, "When you enter the city you will meet a man carrying a water-jar: follow him to the house he enters,read more.
and tell the owner of the house, 'The Teacher asks you, Where is the room in which I can eat the passover with my disciples?' Then he will show you a large room upstairs with couches spread; make your preparations there." They went off and found it was as he had told them. So they prepared the passover,

By this time it was evening, and as it was the day of Preparation (that is, the day before the sabbath)

It was the day of the Preparation and the sabbath was just dawning.

Now, as it was the day of Preparation, in order to prevent the bodies remaining on the cross during the sabbath (for that sabbath-day was a great day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.

so they put Jesus there, since it was the Jewish day of Preparation, seeing that the tomb was close by.

(it was the day of Preparation for the passover, about noon). "There is your king!" he said to the Jews.

Next day (that is, on the day after the Preparation) the high priests and Pharisees gathered round Pilate

But God said to him, 'Foolish man, this very night your soul is wanted; and who will get all you have prepared?'

Will the man not rather say to him, 'Get some thing ready for my supper; gird yourself and wait on me till I eat and drink; then you can eat and drink yourself'?

Once more he sent some other servants, saying, 'Tell the invited guests, here is my supper all prepared, my oxen and fat cattle are killed, everything is ready; come to the marriage-banquet.'

He became very hungry and longed for some food. But as they were getting the meal ready, a trance came over him.

Then he said to his servants, 'The marriage-banquet is all ready, but the invited guests did not deserve it.

At the hour for supper he sent his servant to tell the guests, 'Come, things are all ready.'