'Bread' in the Bible

Then the tempter came. "Since you are the Son of God," he said, "tell these stones to become loaves of bread."

But he answered, "It is written, "One must not live on bread alone, but on every word coming out of the mouth of God.'"

Give us today our daily bread,

"There isn't a person among you who would give his son a stone if he asked for bread, is there?

How is it that he went into the house of God and ate the Bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him and his companions to eat but was reserved for the priests?

They told him, "We don't have anything here except five loaves of bread and two fish."

He replied, "It's not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the puppies."

The disciples asked him, "Where in the wilderness are we to get enough bread to feed such a crowd?"

Jesus asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."

When his disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to take any bread along.

As they began to discuss this among themselves, they kept saying, "We didn't bring along any bread."

Knowing this, Jesus asked them, "You who have little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you don't have any bread?

How can you fail to understand that I wasn't talking to you about bread? Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

Then they understood that he did not say to beware of the yeast used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus and asked, "Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?"

While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and handed it to the disciples, saying, "Take this and eat it. This is my body."

How was it that he went into the House of God during the lifetime of Abiathar the high priest and ate the Bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and gave some of it to his companions?"

He instructed them to take nothing along on the trip except a walking stick no bread, no traveling bag, nothing in their moneybag.

But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." They asked him, "Should we go and buy 200 denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?"

He asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have? Go and see." They found out and told him, "Five loaves and two fish."

Then the disciples picked up twelve baskets full of leftover bread and fish.

But he kept telling her, "First let the children be filled. It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the puppies."

His disciples answered him, "Where could anyone get enough bread to feed these people out here in the wilderness?"

He asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have?" "Seven," they said.

Now the disciples had forgotten to take any bread along, but they had one loaf with them in the boat.

So they were discussing with one another the fact that they didn't have any bread.

Knowing this, Jesus asked them, "Why are you discussing the fact that you don't have any bread? Don't you understand or perceive yet? Are your hearts hardened?

Now it was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and to have him put to death,

On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus' disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?"

He told them, "It's one of you Twelve, the one who is dipping his bread into the bowl with me.

While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and handed it to them, saying, "Take some. This is my body."

The Devil told him, "Since you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread."

Jesus answered him, "It is written, "One must not live on bread alone, but on every word of God.'"

How was it that he went into the house of God, took the Bread of the Presence and ate it, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and then gave some of it to his companions?"

Because John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, yet you say, "He has a demon!'

He told them, "Don't take anything along on your trip no walking stick, traveling bag, bread, money, or even an extra shirt.

But he told them, "You give them something to eat." They replied, "We have nothing more than five loaves of bread and two fish unless we go and buy food for all these people."

Keep giving us every day our daily bread,

Then he told them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, "Friend, let me borrow three loaves of bread.

What father among you, if his son asks for bread, would give him a stone, or if he asks for a fish, would give him a snake instead of the fish?

Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was near.

Then the day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.

Then he took a loaf of bread, gave thanks, broke it in pieces, and handed it to them, saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Keep on doing this in memory of me."

While he was at the table with them, he took the bread, blessed it, broke it in pieces, and gave it to them.

Then the two men began to tell what had happened on the road and how they had recognized him when he broke the bread in pieces.

When Jesus looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming toward him, he asked Philip, "Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?"

Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread isn't enough for each of them to have a little."

Other small boats from Tiberias arrived near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, "He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"

Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

The bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

Then they told him, "Sir, give us this bread all the time."

Jesus told them, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never become hungry, and whoever believes in me will never become thirsty.

Then the Jewish leaders began grumbling about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."

I'm the bread of life.

This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that a person may eat it and not die.

I'm the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he'll live forever. And the bread I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

This is the bread that came down from heaven, not the kind that your ancestors ate. They died, but the one who eats this bread will live forever."

I'm not talking about all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: "The one who ate bread with me has turned against me.'

Jesus answered, "He is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it in the dish."

Then he took a piece of bread, dipped it, and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. After he had taken the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Then Jesus told him, "Do quickly what you are going to do!"

So Judas took the piece of bread, immediately went outside"and it was night.

When they arrived at the shore, they saw a charcoal fire with fish lying on it, and some bread.

Jesus took the bread, gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.

The believers continued to devote themselves to what the apostles were teaching, to fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to times of prayer.

When he saw how this was agreeable to the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter, too. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread.

After the Festival of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and days later we joined them in Troas and stayed there for seven days.

On the first day of the week, when we had met to break bread, Paul began to address the people. Since he intended to leave the next day, he went on speaking until midnight.

Then he went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. He talked with them for a long time, until dawn, and then left.

After he said this, he took some bread, thanked God in front of everyone, broke it, and began to eat.

So let's keep celebrating the festival, neither with old yeast nor with yeast that is evil and wicked, but with yeast-free bread that is both sincere and true.

The cup of blessing that we bless is our fellowship in the blood of the Messiah, isn't it? The bread that we break is our fellowship in the body of the Messiah, isn't it?

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you how the Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took a loaf of bread,

For as often as you eat this bread and drink from this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks from the cup in an unworthy manner will be held responsible for the Lord's body and blood.

A person must examine himself and then eat the bread and drink from the cup,

Now he who supplies seed to the farmer and bread to eat will also supply you with seed and multiply it and enlarge the harvest that results from your righteousness.

For a tent was set up, and in the first part were the lamp stand, the table, and the bread of the Presence. This was called the Holy Place.