And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes.
And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.
And he made answer and said, It is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.
And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?
And Jesus says to them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes, and some small fishes.
And he took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes; and having given praise, he gave the broken bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.
Or the seven cakes of bread of the four thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?
How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?
Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
And when the disciples came to the other side they had not taken thought to get bread.
And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, We took no bread.
And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread?
Do you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?
Now on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where are we to make ready for you to take the Passover meal?
And when they were taking food, Jesus took bread and, after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to the disciples and said, Take it; this is my body.
And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.
But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.
Give us this day bread for our needs.
Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?
For the holy bread, and for the regular meal offering and the regular burned offering on the Sabbaths and at the new moon and the fixed feasts, and for the sin-offerings to take away the sin of Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
Because they did not give the children of Israel bread and water when they came to them, but got Balaam to put a curse on them: though the curse was turned into a blessing by our God.
But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
And you gave them bread from heaven when they were in need, and made water come out of the rock for their drink, and gave them orders to go in and take for their heritage the land which your hand had been lifted up to give them.
And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this poor bread is disgusting to us.
And on the table of the holy bread they are to put a blue cloth, and on it all the vessels, the spoons and the basins and the cups; and the holy bread with them;
And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of the best meal mixed with oil, and thin unleavened cakes covered with oil, with their meal offering and drink offerings.
Giving the sheep of the peace-offerings, with the basket of unleavened bread; and at the same time, the priest will make his meal offering and his drink offering.
In the second month, on the fourteenth day, in the evening, they are to keep it, taking it with unleavened bread and bitter-tasting plants;
He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.
He who is of low position and has a servant, is better than one who has a high opinion of himself and is in need of bread.
Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.
Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.
He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.
If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:
By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.
It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.
The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.
For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.
Come, take of my bread, and of my wine which is mixed.
I have had dust for bread and my drink has been mixed with weeping:
He makes the grass come up for the cattle, and plants for the use of man; so that bread may come out of the earth;
And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.
And he took away all food from the land, so that the people were without bread.
At the people's request he sent birds, and gave them the bread of heaven for food.
It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food; for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep.
My blessing will be on her food; and her poor will be full of bread.
Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.
I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.
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