'Eat' in the Bible

'Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

and the Pharisees having seen, said to his disciples, 'Wherefore with the tax-gatherers and sinners doth your teacher eat?'

At that time did Jesus go on the sabbaths through the corn, and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck ears, and to eat,

how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to him to eat, nor to those with him, except to the priests alone?

And Jesus said to them, 'They have no need to go away -- give ye them to eat.'

and they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full;

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

these are the things defiling the man; but to eat with unwashen hands doth not defile the man.'

And she said, 'Yes, sir, for even the little dogs do eat of the crumbs that are falling from their lords' table;'

And Jesus having called near his disciples, said, 'I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they continue with me, and they have not what they may eat; and to let them away fasting I will not, lest they faint in the way.'

And they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces seven baskets full,

'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, because of this ye shall receive more abundant judgment.

and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,

for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;

for I did hunger, and ye gave me not to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me not to drink;

And on the first day of the unleavened food came the disciples near to Jesus, saying to him, 'Where wilt thou that we may prepare for thee to eat the passover?'

And while they were eating, Jesus having taken the bread, and having blessed, did brake, and was giving to the disciples, and said, 'Take, eat, this is my body;'

And the scribes and the Pharisees, having seen him eating with the tax-gatherers and sinners, said to his disciples, 'Why -- that with the tax-gatherers and sinners he doth eat and drink?'

how he went into the house of God, (at 'Abiathar the chief priest,') and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to eat, except to the priests, and he gave also to those who were with him?'

And come together again doth a multitude, so that they are not able even to eat bread;

and he charged them much, that no one may know this thing, and he said that there be given to her to eat.

and he said to them, 'Come ye yourselves apart to a desert place, and rest a little,' for those coming and those going were many, and not even to eat had they opportunity,

let them away, that, having gone away to the surrounding fields and villages, they may buy to themselves loaves, for what they may eat they have not.'

And he answering said to them, 'Give ye them to eat,' and they say to him, 'Having gone away, may we buy two hundred denaries' worth of loaves, and give to them to eat?'

and they did all eat, and were filled,

for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, if they do not wash the hands to the wrist, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders,

and, coming from the market-place, if they do not baptize themselves, they do not eat; and many other things there are that they received to hold, baptisms of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and couches.

Then question him do the Pharisees and the scribes, 'Wherefore do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but with unwashed hands do eat the bread?'

And she answered and saith to him, 'Yes, sir; for the little dogs also under the table do eat of the children's crumbs.'

In those days the multitude being very great, and not having what they may eat, Jesus having called near his disciples, saith to them,

'I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they do continue with me, and they have not what they may eat;

and they did eat and were filled, and they took up that which was over of broken pieces -- seven baskets;

and Jesus answering said to it, 'No more from thee -- to the age -- may any eat fruit;' and his disciples were hearing.

And the first day of the unleavened food, when they were killing the passover, his disciples say to him, 'Where wilt thou, that, having gone, we may prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover?'

and wherever he may go in, say ye to the master of the house -- The Teacher saith, Where is the guest-chamber, where the passover, with my disciples, I may eat?

And as they are eating, Jesus having taken bread, having blessed, brake, and gave to them, and said, 'Take, eat; this is my body.'

forty days being tempted by the Devil, and he did not eat anything in those days, and they having been ended, he afterward hungered,

and the scribes and the Pharisees among them were murmuring at his disciples, saying, 'Wherefore with tax-gatherers and sinners do ye eat and drink?'

And they said unto him, 'Wherefore do the disciples of John fast often, and make supplications -- in like manner also those of the Pharisees -- but thine do eat and drink?'

how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did take, and did eat, and gave also to those with him, which it is not lawful to eat, except only to the priests?'

And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat),

and her spirit came back, and she arose presently, and he directed that there be given to her to eat;

And he said unto them, 'Give ye them to eat;' and they said, 'We have no more than five loaves, and two fishes: except, having gone, we may buy for all this people victuals;'

and they did eat, and were all filled, and there was taken up what was over to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets.

and into whatever city ye enter, and they may receive you, eat the things set before you,

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

And he said unto his disciples, 'Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;

And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

'And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken;

then ye may begin to say, We did eat before thee, and did drink, and in our broad places thou didst teach;

And it came to pass, on his going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching him,

And one of those reclining with him, having heard these things, said to him, 'Happy is he who shall eat bread in the reign of God;'

and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying -- This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.'

but will not rather say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink?

and he sent Peter and John, saying, 'Having gone on, prepare to us the passover, that we may eat;'

and ye shall say to the master of the house, The Teacher saith to thee, Where is the guest-chamber where the passover with my disciples I may eat?

and he said unto them, 'With desire I did desire to eat this passover with you before my suffering,

for I say to you, that no more may I eat of it till it may be fulfilled in the reign of God.'

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

and while they are not believing from the joy, and wondering, he said to them, 'Have ye anything here to eat?'

and having taken, he did eat before them,

And his disciples remembered that it is written, 'The zeal of Thy house did eat me up;'

And in the meanwhile his disciples were asking him, saying, 'Rabbi, eat;'

and he said to them, 'I have food to eat that ye have not known.'

The disciples then said one to another, 'Did any one bring him anything to eat?'

Jesus then having lifted up his eyes and having seen that a great multitude doth come to him, saith unto Philip, 'Whence shall we buy loaves, that these may eat?' --

(and other little boats came from Tiberias, nigh the place where they did eat the bread, the Lord having given thanks),

Jesus answered them and said, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were satisfied;

our fathers the manna did eat in the wilderness, according as it is having been written, Bread out of the heaven He gave them to eat.'

your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died;

this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die.

I am the living bread that came down out of the heaven; if any one may eat of this bread he shall live -- to the age; and the bread also that I will give is my flesh, that I will give for the life of the world.'

The Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, 'How is this one able to give us his flesh to eat?'

Jesus, therefore, said to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, If ye may not eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and may not drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves;

this is the bread that came down out of the heaven; not as your fathers did eat the manna, and died; he who is eating this bread shall live -- to the age.'

They led, therefore, Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium, and it was early, and they themselves did not enter into the praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the passover;

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

and he became very hungry, and wished to eat; and they making ready, there fell upon him a trance,

and there came a voice unto him: 'Having risen, Peter, slay and eat.'

And Peter said, 'Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;'

not to all the people, but to witnesses, to those having been chosen before by God -- to us who did eat with him, and did drink with him, after his rising out of the dead;

saying -- 'Unto men uncircumcised thou didst go in, and didst eat with them!'

and I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen, Peter, slay and eat;

And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, did anathematize themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink till they may kill Paul;

thou, therefore, mayest thou not yield to them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who did anathematize themselves -- not to eat nor to drink till they kill him, and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from thee.'

and having said these things, and having taken bread, he gave thanks to God before all, and having broken it, he began to eat;

one doth believe that he may eat all things -- and he who is weak doth eat herbs;

He who is regarding the day, to the Lord he doth regard it, and he who is not regarding the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He who is eating, to the Lord he doth eat, for he doth give thanks to God; and he who is not eating, to the Lord he doth not eat, and doth give thanks to God.

Right it is not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.

and he who is making a difference, if he may eat, hath been condemned, because it is not of faith; and all that is not of faith is sin.

and now, I did write to you not to keep company with him, if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner -- with such a one not even to eat together;

but not in all men is the knowledge, and certain with conscience of the idol, till now, as a thing sacrificed to an idol do eat it, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;

for if any one may see thee that hast knowledge in an idol's temple reclining at meat -- shall not his conscience -- he being infirm -- be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to idols,

wherefore, if victuals cause my brother to stumble, I may eat no flesh -- to the age -- that my brother I may not cause to stumble.

have we not authority to eat and to drink?

who doth serve as a soldier at his own charges at any time? who doth plant a vineyard, and of its fruit doth not eat? or who doth feed a flock, and of the milk of the flock doth not eat?

Have ye not known that those working about the things of the temple -- of the temple do eat, and those waiting at the altar -- with the altar are partakers?

and all the same spiritual food did eat,