Bible Verses About Bread

Cease to groan, for the dead thou dost make no mourning, thy bonnet bind on thee, and thy shoes thou dost put on thy feet, and thou dost not cover over the upper lip, and bread of men thou dost not eat.'

And I speak unto the people in the morning, and my wife dieth in the evening, and I do in the morning as I have been commanded.

And the people say unto me, `Dost thou not declare to us what these are to us, that thou art doing?'

And I say unto them, `A word of Jehovah hath been unto me, saying:

Say to the house of Israel: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am polluting My sanctuary, The excellency of your strength, The desire of your eyes, and the pitied of your soul, And your sons and your daughters whom ye have left, by sword they do fall.

And ye have done as I have done, On the upper lip ye are not covered, And bread of men ye do not eat.

All of them are adulterers, Like a burning oven of a baker, He ceaseth from stirring up after kneading the dough, till its leavening.

A day of our king! Princes have polluted themselves with the poison of wine, He hath drawn out his hand with scorners.

For they have drawn near, As an oven is their heart, In their lying in wait all the night sleep doth their baker, Morning! he is burning as a flaming fire.

All of them are warm as an oven, And they have devoured their judges, All their kings have fallen, There is none calling unto Me among them.

And having commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he did bless, and having broken, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes,

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

and those eating were about five thousand men, apart from women and children.

And Jesus saith to them, `How many loaves have ye?' and they said, `Seven, and a few little fishes.'

And he commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground,

and having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having given thanks, he did break, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

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

for the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven, and giving life to the world.'

They said, therefore, unto him, `Sir, always give us this bread.'

And Jesus said to them, `I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst--at any time;

For I--I received from the Lord that which also I did deliver to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread,

and having given thanks, he brake, and said, `Take ye, eat ye, this is my body, that for you is being broken; this do ye--to the remembrance of me.'