Matt.6.25“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Matt.6.31Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
Matt.9.11And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Matt.11.18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’
Matt.11.19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.”
Matt.12.1At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
Matt.12.4how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
Matt.14.16But Jesus said, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.”
Matt.14.20And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over.
Matt.14.21And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
Matt.15.2“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.”
Matt.15.20These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”
Matt.15.27She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
Matt.15.32Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”
Matt.15.37And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over.
Matt.15.38Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
Matt.24.38For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark,
Matt.24.49and begins to beat his fellow servants and eats and drinks with drunkards,
Matt.26.17Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
Matt.26.21And as they were eating, he said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”
Matt.26.26Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”
Mark.1.6Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.
Mark.2.16And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Mark.2.26how he entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?”
Mark.3.20Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat.
Mark.5.43And he strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.
Mark.6.31And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.
Mark.6.36Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”
Mark.6.37But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said to him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?”
Mark.6.42And they all ate and were satisfied.
Mark.6.44And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.
Mark.7.2they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
Mark.7.3(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders,
Mark.7.4and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.)
Mark.7.5And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?”
Mark.7.28But she answered him, “Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
Mark.8.1In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them,
Mark.8.2“I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat.
Mark.8.8And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.
Mark.11.14And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.
Mark.14.12And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
Mark.14.14and wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’
Mark.14.18And as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.”
Mark.14.22And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.”
Luke.4.2for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.
Luke.5.30And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
Luke.5.33And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.”
Luke.6.1On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.
Luke.6.4how he entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?”
Luke.7.33For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’
Luke.7.34The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
Luke.7.36One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.
Luke.8.55And her spirit returned, and she got up at once. And he directed that something should be given her to eat.
Luke.9.13But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless we are to go and buy food for all these people.”
Luke.9.17And they all ate and were satisfied. And what was left over was picked up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.
Luke.10.7And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house.
Luke.10.8Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you.
Luke.12.19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’
Luke.12.22And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on.
Luke.12.29And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried.
Luke.12.45But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
Luke.13.26Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
Luke.14.15When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”
Luke.15.2And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
Luke.15.16And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.
Luke.15.23And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate.
Luke.17.8Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink’?
Luke.17.27They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Luke.17.28Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,
Luke.22.8So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat it.”
Luke.22.11and tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’
Luke.22.15And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
Luke.22.16For I tell you I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
Luke.22.20And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.
Luke.22.30that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Luke.24.41And while they still disbelieved for joy and were marveling, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”
Luke.24.43and he took it and ate before them.
John.4.31Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
John.4.32But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.”
John.4.33So the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?”
John.6.5Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?”
John.6.12And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.”
John.6.13So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten.
John.6.23Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
John.6.26Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.
John.6.31Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”
John.6.49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
John.6.50This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.
John.6.51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
John.6.52The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
John.6.53So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
John.6.58This is the bread that came down from heaven, not as the fathers ate and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”
John.13.18I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’
John.18.28Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor’s headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.
Acts.9.9And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
Acts.10.10And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance
Acts.10.13And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.”
Acts.10.14But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.”
Acts.10.41not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
Acts.11.3“You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
Acts.11.7And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’
Acts.12.23Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.
Acts.20.11And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed.
Acts.23.12When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Acts.23.21But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him, who have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for your consent.”
Acts.27.35And when he had said these things, he took bread, and giving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and began to eat.
Acts.27.36Then they all were encouraged and ate some food themselves.
Acts.27.38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
Rom.14.2One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables.
Rom.14.3Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him.
Rom.14.6The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.
Rom.14.15For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died.
Rom.14.17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Rom.14.20Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats.
Rom.14.21It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
Rom.14.23But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.
1Cor.5.11But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one.
1Cor.8.4Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.”
1Cor.8.7However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
1Cor.8.8Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.
1Cor.8.10For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols?
1Cor.8.13Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
1Cor.9.4Do we not have the right to eat and drink?
1Cor.9.7Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?
1Cor.10.3and all ate the same spiritual food,
1Cor.10.7Do 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.”
1Cor.10.18Consider the people of Israel: are not those who eat the sacrifices participants in the altar?
1Cor.10.25Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience.
1Cor.10.27If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience.
1Cor.10.28But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience—
1Cor.10.31So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
1Cor.11.20When you come together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.
1Cor.11.21For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, another gets drunk.
1Cor.11.22What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not.
1Cor.11.26For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
1Cor.11.27Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord.
1Cor.11.28Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
1Cor.11.29For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.
1Cor.11.33So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another—
1Cor.11.34if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home—so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things I will give directions when I come.
1Cor.15.32What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
Gal.2.12For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party.
2Thess.3.8nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.
2Thess.3.10For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.
Heb.13.10We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat.
Jas.5.3Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days.
Rev.2.7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’
Rev.2.14But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality.
Rev.2.20But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
Rev.3.20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
Rev.10.9So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, “Take and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.”
Rev.10.10And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it. It was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter.
Rev.19.18to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great.”
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