'Eat' in the Bible

"That's why I'm telling you to stop worrying about your life what you will eat or what you will drink or about your body what you will wear. Life is more than food, isn't it, and the body more than clothing?

"So don't ever worry by saying, "What are we going to eat?' or "What are we going to drink?' or "What are we going to wear?'

The Pharisees saw this and asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

At that time, Jesus walked through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples became hungry and began picking heads of grain to eat.

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?

But Jesus told them, "They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat."

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

She said, "Yes, Lord. But even the puppies eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' tables."

Then Jesus called his disciples and said, "I have compassion for the crowd because they have already been with me for three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away without food, or they may faint on the road."

and begins to beat his fellow servants and eat and drink with the drunks,

because I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger, and you welcomed me.

"Then the righteous will say to him, "Lord, when did we see you hungry and give you something to eat, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

Here's why: I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink.

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."

When the scribes and the Pharisees saw him eating with sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples, "Why does he eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

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?"

Then he went home. Such a large crowd gathered again that Jesus and his disciples couldn't even eat.

But Jesus strictly ordered them not to let anyone know about this. He also told them to give her something to eat.

He told them, "Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest for a while," because so many people were coming and going that they didn't even have time to eat.

Send the crowds away so that they can go to the neighboring farms and villages and buy themselves something to eat."

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?"

(The Pharisees and indeed all the Jewish people don't eat unless they wash their hands properly, following the tradition of their elders.

They don't eat anything from the marketplace unless they dip it in water. They also observe many other traditions, such as the proper washing of washing cups, jars, brass pots, and dinner tables.)

So the Pharisees and the scribes asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with unclean hands."

But she answered him, "Yes, Lord. Yet even the puppies under the table eat some of the children's crumbs."

At that time, after a large crowd again had gathered together with nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples and told them,

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

So he told it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!" Now his disciples were listening to this.

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?"

When he goes into a house, say to its owner that the Teacher asks, "Where is my room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?'

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?"

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

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

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

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?"

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

Then the Jewish leaders debated angrily with each other, asking, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

So Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves.

Then Jesus was led from Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters early in the morning. The Jews did not go into the headquarters, to avoid becoming unclean and unable to eat the Passover meal.

For three days he couldn't see, and he didn't eat or drink anything.

He became very hungry and wanted to eat, and while the food was being prepared, he fell into a trance

Then a voice told him, "Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it."

I also heard a voice telling me, "Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it.'

In the morning, the Jewish leaders formed a conspiracy and took an oath not to eat or drink anything before they had killed Paul.

Don't believe them, because more than 40 of them are planning to ambush him. They've taken an oath not to eat or drink before they've killed him. They are ready now, just waiting for your consent."

Right up to daybreak Paul kept urging all of them to eat something. He said, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and going without food, not eating anything.

So I urge you to eat something, for it will help you survive, since none of you will lose so much as a hair from his head."

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

Everyone was encouraged and had something to eat.

One person believes that he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables.

The person who eats any kind of food must not ridicule the person who does not eat them, and the person who does not eat certain foods must not criticize the person who eats them, for God has accepted him.

The one who observes a special day, observes it to honor the Lord. The one who eats, eats to honor the Lord, since he gives thanks to God. And the one who does not eat, refrains from eating to honor the Lord; yet he, too, gives thanks to God.

For if your brother is being hurt by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not destroy the person for whom the Messiah died by what you eat.

Do not destroy God's action for the sake of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong to make another person stumble because of what you eat.

But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are so accustomed to idolatry that when they eat food that has been offered to an idol, their conscience becomes contaminated because it is weak.

However, food will not bring us closer to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat food that has been offered to an idol, and no better off if we do.

For if anyone with a weak conscience sees you, who know better, eating in an idol's temple, he will be encouraged to eat what has been offered to idols, won't he?

Therefore, if food that I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, in order to keep my brother from stumbling.

Who ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat any of its grapes? Or who takes care of a flock and does not drink any of its milk?

Let's stop being idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to play."

Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body, because all of us eat from the same loaf.

Look at the Israelis from a human point of view. Those who eat the sacrifices share in what is on the altar, don't they?

Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without raising any question about it on the grounds of conscience,

If an unbeliever invites you to his house and you wish to go, eat whatever is set before you, raising no question on the grounds of conscience.

However, if someone says to you, "This was offered as a sacrifice," don't eat it, both out of consideration for the one who told you and also for the sake of conscience.

If I eat with thankfulness, why should I be denounced because of what I am thankful for?

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

When you gather in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper.

For as you eat, each of you rushes to eat his own supper, and one person goes hungry while another gets drunk.

You have homes in which to eat and drink, don't you? Or do you despise God's church and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!

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

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

Therefore, my brothers, when you gather to eat, wait for each other.

If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather it may not bring judgment on you. And when I come I will give instructions concerning the other matters.

If I have fought with wild animals in Ephesus from merely human motives, what do I get out of it? If the dead are not raised, "Let's eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

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.