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Bible Verses About Prayer: Thanksgiving before taking food

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Verses on Thanksgiving before taking food

  1. And the men accepted their tale concerning their vittailes, and counselled not with the mouth of the Lord.

  2. When ye shall come into the citie, ye shall finde him straightway yet he come vp to the hie place to eate: for the people will not eate vntill he come, because he will blesse the sacrifice: and then eate they that be bidden to the feast: nowe therefore goe vp: for euen now shall ye find him.

  3. And hee commanded the multitude to sit downe on the grasse, and tooke the fiue loaues and the two fishes, and looked vp to heauen and blessed, and brake, and gaue the loaues to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

  4. And tooke the seuen loaues, and the fishes, and gaue thankes, and brake them, and gaue to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

  5. And as they did eate, Iesus tooke the bread, and when he had blessed, he brake it, and gaue it to the disciples, and sayd, Take, eate: this is my bodie.

  6. Also he tooke the cuppe, and when he had giuen thankes, he gaue it them, saying, Drinke ye all of it.

  7. And he tooke the fiue loaues, and the two fishes, and looked vp to heauen, and gaue thanks, and brake the loaues, and gaue them to his disciples to set before them, and the two fishes he deuided among them all.

  8. Then he commanded the multitude to sit downe on the grounde: and hee tooke the seuen loaues, and gaue thankes, brake them, and gaue to his disciples to set before them, and they did set them before the people.

  9. They had also a few small fishes: and when he had giuen thankes, he commanded them also to be set before them.

  10. And as they did eate, Iesus tooke the bread, and when hee had giuen thankes, he brake it and gaue it to them, and sayde, Take, eate, this is my bodie.

  11. Also he tooke the cuppe, and when he had giuen thankes, gaue it to them: and they all dranke of it.

  12. Then he tooke the fiue loaues, and the two fishes, and looked vp to heauen, and blessed them, and brake, and gaue to the disciples, to set before the people.

  13. And he tooke bread, and when he had giuen thankes, he brake it, and gaue to them, saying, This is my body, which is giuen for you: doe this in the remembrance of me.

  14. And Iesus tooke the bread, and gaue thanks, and gaue to the disciples, and the disciples, to them that were set downe: and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

  15. And that there came other ships from Tiberias neere vnto the place where they ate the bread, after the Lord had giuen thankes.

  16. And when he had thus spoken, hee tooke bread and gaue thankes to God, in presence of them all, and brake it, and began to eate.

  17. He that obserueth the day, obserueth it to the Lord: and he that obserueth not the day, obserueth it not to the Lord. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord: for he giueth God thankes: and he that eateth not, eateth not to the Lord, and giueth God thankes.

  18. For if I through Gods benefite be partaker, why am I euill spoken of, for that wherefore I giue thankes?

  19. Whether therefore ye eate, or drinke, or whatsoeuer ye doe, doe all to the glory of God.

  20. And when hee had giuen thankes, hee brake it, and sayde, Take, eate: this is my body, which is broken for you: this doe ye in remembrance of me.

  21. Forbidding to marrie, and commanding to abstaine from meates which God hath created to be receiued with giuing thankes of them which beleeue and knowe the trueth.

  22. For euery creature of God is good, and nothing ought to be refused, if it be receiued with thankesgiuing.