'Eat' in the Bible

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn't there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing?

So then, don't worry saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?'

When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick heads of wheat and eat them.

how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which was against the law for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests?

But he replied, "They don't need to go. You give them something to eat."

"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat."

"Yes, Lord," she replied, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."

Then Jesus called the disciples and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way."

and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards,

For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink.

Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said, "Take, eat, this is my body."

When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread, which is against the law for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to his companions?"

Now Jesus went home, and a crowd gathered so that they were not able to eat.

He strictly ordered that no one should know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.

He said to them, "Come with me privately to an isolated place and rest a while" (for many were coming and going, and there was no time to eat).

Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something for themselves to eat."

But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." And they said, "Should we go and buy bread for two hundred silver coins and give it to them to eat?"

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, holding fast to the tradition of the elders.

And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.)

The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?"

She answered, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So Jesus called his disciples and said to them,

"I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat.

He said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." And his disciples heard it.

Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus' disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says, "Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"'

But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

Then they said to him, "John's disciples frequently fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours continue to eat and drink."

how he entered the house of God, took and ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for any to eat but the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?"

Her spirit returned, and she got up immediately. Then he told them to give her something to eat.

But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They replied, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish -- unless we go and buy food for all these people."

Whenever you enter a town and the people welcome you, eat what is set before you.

And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.

So do not be overly concerned about what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not worry about such things.

But if that slave should say to himself, 'My master is delayed in returning,' and he begins to beat the other slaves, both men and women, and to eat, drink, and get drunk,

He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,

who longed to eat what fell from the rich man's table. In addition, the dogs came and licked his sores.

Won't the master instead say to him, 'Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink'?

Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us to eat."

and tell the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"'

And he said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God."

that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

And while they still could not believe it (because of their joy) and were amazed, he said to them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"

Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, "Rabbi, eat something."

But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about."

So the disciples began to say to one another, "No one brought him anything to eat, did they?"

Then Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?"

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

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

Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began to argue with one another, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

Jesus said to them, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves.

Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor's residence. (Now it was very early morning.) They did not go into the governor's residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal.

He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him.

Then a voice said to him, "Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!"

I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!'

When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.

So do not let them persuade you to do this, because more than forty of them are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request."

Since many of them had no desire to eat, Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and not put out to sea from Crete, thus avoiding this damage and loss.

After he said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all, broke it, and began to eat.

But you who eat vegetables only -- why do you judge your brother or sister? And you who eat everything -- why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

For if your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died.

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.

It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.

But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.

But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled.

Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.

For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol's temple, will not his conscience be "strengthened" to eat food offered to idols?

For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.

Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk?

Don't you know that those who serve in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?

So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play."

Look at the people of Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar?

Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience,

If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.

But if someone says to you, "This is from a sacrifice," do not eat, because of the one who told you and because of conscience --

So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

For when it is time to eat, everyone proceeds with his own supper. One is hungry and another becomes drunk.

Do you not have houses so that you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by shaming those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!

For every time you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

A person should examine himself first, and in this way let him eat the bread and drink of the cup.

So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you assemble it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come.

If from a human point of view I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what did it benefit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

and we did not eat anyone's food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.

For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: "If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat."

Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.

We have an altar that those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat from.

and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, keep warm and eat well," but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is it?

The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will permit him to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.'

But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.

But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and by her teaching deceives my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, "Take the scroll and eat it. It will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth."

to eat your fill of the flesh of kings, the flesh of generals, the flesh of powerful people, the flesh of horses and those who ride them, and the flesh of all people, both free and slave, and small and great!"