'Eat' in the Bible

Therefore I say unto you, be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?

Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

At that season Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears and to eat.

how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests?

But Jesus said unto them, They have no need to go away; give ye them to eat.

And they that did eat were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.

But she said, Yea, Lord: for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters table.

And Jesus called unto him his disciples, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat: and I would not send them away fasting, lest haply they faint on the way.

And they that did eat were four thousand men, besides women and children.

and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;

for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;

for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;

Now on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where wilt thou that we make ready for thee to eat the passover?

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it; and he gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and had a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey.

How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the showbread, which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests, and gave also to them that were with him?

And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

And he charged them much that no man should know this: and he commanded that'something'should be given her to eat.

And he saith unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while. For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

send them away, that they may go into the country and villages round about, and buy themselves somewhat to eat.

But he answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred shillings worth of bread, and give them to eat?

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;

and when they come from the market-place, except they bathe themselves, they eat not; and many other things there are, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels.)

And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with defiled hands?

But she answered and saith unto him, Yea, Lord; even the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

In those days, when there was again a great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them,

I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat:

And he answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit from thee henceforward for ever. And his disciples heard it.

And on the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the passover, his disciples say unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and make ready that thou mayest eat the passover?

and wheresoever he shall enter in, say to the master of the house, The Teacher saith, Where is my guest-chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?

during forty days, being tempted of the devil. And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he hungered.

And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with the publicans and sinners?

And they said unto him, The disciples of John fast often, and make supplications; likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink.

Now it came to pass on a sabbath, that he was going through the grainfields; and his disciples plucked the ears, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.

how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the showbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests alone?

And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.

And her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately: and he commanded that'something be given her to eat.

But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy food for all this people.

And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.

And seek not ye what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

then shall ye begin to say, We did eat and drink in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets;

And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:

and will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?

And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and make ready for us the passover, that we may eat.

And ye shall say unto the master of the house, The Teacher saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?

And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

for I say unto you, I shall not eat it, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; and ye shall sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here anything to eat?

His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for thy house shall eat me up.

In the mean while the disciples prayed him, saying, Rabbi, eat.

But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not.

The disciples therefore said one to another, Hath any man brought him aught to eat?

Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude cometh unto him, saith unto Philip, Whence are we to buy bread, that these may eat?

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.

This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.

The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves.

They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium: and it was early; and they themselves entered not into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.

Jesus therefore saith unto them, Children, have ye aught to eat? They answered him, No.

And he was three days without sight, and did neither eat nor drink.

and he became hungry, and desired to eat: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance;

And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.

saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.

And I heard also a voice saying unto me, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.

And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee.

And when he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all; and he brake it, and began to eat.

One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.

It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth.

But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.

Howbeit there is not in all men that knowledge: but some, being used until now to the idol, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

But food will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.

Have we no right to eat and to drink?

Know ye not that they that minister about sacred things eat of the things of the temple, and they that wait upon the altar have their portion with the altar?

and did all eat the same spiritual food;

Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

Behold Israel after the flesh: have not they that eat the sacrifices communion with the altar?

Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat, asking no question for conscience'sake,

If one of them that believe not biddeth you to a feast , and ye are disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience'sake.

But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake:

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

When therefore ye assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat the Lord's supper:

What, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this I praise you not.

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death till he come.

Wherefore whosoever shall eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait one for another.