32 Bible Verses about Reclining To Eat
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And as they reclined, and were eating, Jesus said, I tell you truly, that one of you who eats with me will betray me.
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, and giving thanks, he broke and gave them to his disciples to set before them, and they set them before the people.
And commanding the multitudes to sit down on the grass, he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and, looking up to heaven, blessed them, and having broken them gave the bread to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
And he commanded them to cause all to recline in companies on the green grass.
Jesus said, Make the men sit down. And there was much grass in the place. The men, therefore, sat down in number about five thousand.
for they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them recline in companies of fifty each;
And he was reclining in the house, and behold, many publicans and sinners came and reclined with Jesus and his disciples.
a woman came to him having a vase of very costly ointment, and poured it on his head, as he reclined.
And when he was at Bethany, and was reclining at the house of Simon the leper, a woman came, having a vase of ointment of genuine nard, extremely costly, and breaking the vase she poured it out on his head.
And when he was speaking, a certain Pharisee asked him to breakfast with him; and he went in and immediately sat down.
and when he reclined with them, taking bread, he blessed, and breaking, gave them.
And those who reclined with him said within themselves, Who is this that forgives sins also?
And he was reclining in his house, and many publicans and sinners also reclined with Jesus and his disciples, for many also followed him.
Then they made him a supper there, and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of those that reclined with him.
And one of those reclining with him, hearing these things, said to him, Blessed is he that eats bread in the kingdom of God.
One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining on the bosom of Jesus.
And Peter turning around saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also reclined at the supper on his breast and said, Lord, who is it that is to betray you?
and I tell you that many shall come from the East and from the West, and shall recline with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,
And afterwards he appeared to the eleven, as they reclined, and reproached their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not those who had seen him since he rose from the dead.
AND one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him; and going into the Pharisee's house he reclined.
And behold, a certain woman in the city, a sinner, knowing that he was reclining in the house of the Pharisee, brought a vase of ointment,
Blessed are those servants whom their lord when he comes shall find watching. I tell you truly, that he will gird himself, and cause them to recline, and he will come and wait upon them.
And they shall come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and shall recline in the kingdom of God.
But when you are invited, go and sit down in the last place, that when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher; then you shall have honor in the presence of those that recline with you;
But which of you having a servant plowing, or keeping sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, Come immediately and sit down?
For which is greater, he that reclines, or he that serves? Is not he that reclines? But I am with you as he that serves.
