32 Bible Verses about Reclining To Eat

And while they were sitting at table and eating, Jesus said, "I solemnly say to you, one of you, one who is now eating with me, is going to betray me."

So He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves and gave thanks and broke them in pieces and gave them to His disciples to pass, and they passed them to the people.

After ordering the crowds to sit down on the grass, He took the five loaves and two fish and looked up to heaven and blessed them; then He broke the loaves in pieces and gave them to the disciples, and they gave them to the people.

Then He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground,

Then He ordered them all to sit down in rows on the green grass.

And they did so, and made all the people sit down and recline.

Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." Now there was plenty of grass at the spot; so the men, about five thousand, threw themselves down.

And so they tumbled down in groups of hundreds and fifties.

For there were about five thousand men. So He said to His disciples, "Have them sit down in reclining groups of fifty each."

While He was at table in the house many tax-collectors and notorious sinners came in and took their seats at table with Jesus and His disciples.

a woman with an alabaster bottle of very costly perfume came up to Him while He was at table and poured it upon His head.

While He was in Bethany, He was a guest in the home of Simon the leper, and as He was sitting at table, a woman came in with an alabaster bottle of pure nard perfume, very costly; she broke the bottle and poured the perfume on His head.

When He had said this, a Pharisee asked Him to lunch at his house, and He went in and took His place at table.

And after He had taken His place at table with them, He took the loaf and blessed it and broke it in pieces and handed it to them.

When evening came, He was sitting at the table with the Twelve.

Now when the hour came, He took His place at the table, with the apostles about Him.

The men at the table began to say to themselves, "Who is this man, who even forgives sins?"

Levi was at table in his house, and he had many tax-collectors and notorious sinners as guests, along with Jesus and His disciples, for there were many of them, and they began to follow Him.

So they gave a dinner there in honor of Jesus, and Martha was waiting on them, but Lazarus was one of the guests with Jesus.

But one of the fellow-guests heard this, and said to Him, "Happy will be the man who is fortunate enough to be at the feast in the kingdom of God."

One of the disciples, whom Jesus specially loved, was sitting very close to Jesus at His right.

He leaned back on Jesus' breast and said to Him, "Lord, who is it?"

Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus specially loved, who at the supper leaned back upon Jesus' breast and asked, "Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?"

I tell you, many will come from the east and from the west and take their seats at the feast with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, 'in the kingdom of heaven,

Later on He appeared to the Eleven themselves while they were at table, and reproved them for their lack of faith and their stubbornness, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had been raised from the dead.

Now one of the Pharisees invited Him to take dinner with him. So He came to the Pharisee's house and took His place at the table.

There was a woman in the town who was a social outcast, and when she learned that He was taking dinner at the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster bottle of perfume

Happy are those slaves whom the master, when he comes, will find on the watch for him. I solemnly say to you, he will tighten his belt and have them sit at table, and he will go around and wait on them.

People will come from east and west, from north and south, and take their seats at the feast in the kingdom of God.

But when you are invited anywhere, go and take the lowest place, so that when your host comes in, he may say to you, 'My friend, come up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow-guests.

"What man among you, if he has a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your seat at the table,'

Which one, indeed, is the greater, the guest at the table or the servant who waits on him? Is it not the guest at the table? But I am among you as the servant who waits on you.