'Eat' in the Bible

The Pharisees and their scribes started complaining to Jesus' disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

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?"

Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him. So he went to the Pharisee's home and took his place at the table.

So her spirit returned, and she got up at once. Then Jesus directed that she be given something to eat.

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."

"Whenever you go into a town and the people welcome you, eat whatever they serve you,

Then I'll say to myself, "You've stored up plenty of good things for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'

Then Jesus told his disciples, "That's why I'm telling you to stop worrying about your life what you will eat or about your body what you will wear,

"So stop concerning yourselves about what you will eat or what you will drink, and stop being distressed,

But if that servant says to himself, "My master is taking a long time to come back,' and begins to beat the other servants and to eat, drink, and get drunk,

People will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God.

One Sabbath, Jesus went to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal. The guests were watching Jesus closely.

Now one of those eating with him heard this and told him, "How blessed is the person who will eat in the kingdom of God!"

"Then he came to his senses and said, "How many of my father's hired men have more food than they can eat, and here I am starving to death!

Bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let's eat and celebrate!

"Suppose a man among you has a servant plowing or watching sheep. Would he say to him when he comes in from the field, "Come at once and have something to eat'?

Of course not. Instead, he would say to him, "Get dinner ready for me, and put on your apron and wait on me until I eat and drink. Then you can eat and drink.'

So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover meal."

and say to the owner of the house, "The Teacher asks you, "Where is the room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?"'

He told them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover meal with you before I suffer,

because I tell all of you, I will never eat it again until it finds its fulfillment in the kingdom of God."

so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit down on thrones to govern the twelve tribes of Israel."

Even though they were still skeptical due to their joy and astonishment, Jesus asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"