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Deuteronomy 8:3
He took your pride away. He let you go hungry. Then he gave you manna to eat. You and your parents had never even known anything about manna before. He tested you to teach you that man doesn’t live only on bread. He also lives on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
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Luke 4:4
Jesus answered,“ It is written,‘ Man must not live only on bread.’ ”( Deuteronomy 8:3)
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John 6:31-59
Long ago our people ate the manna in the desert. It is written in Scripture,‘ The Lord gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”( Exodus 16:4; Nehemiah 9:15; Psalm 78:24, 25)Jesus said to them,“ What I’m about to tell you is true. It is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven. It is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.The bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven. He gives life to the world.”“ Sir,” they said,“ always give us this bread.”Then Jesus said,“ I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry. And whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.But it is just as I told you. You have seen me, and you still do not believe.Everyone the Father gives me will come to me. I will never send away anyone who comes to me.I have not come down from heaven to do what I want to do. I have come to do what the one who sent me wants me to do.The one who sent me doesn’t want me to lose anyone he has given me. He wants me to raise them up on the last day.My Father wants all who look to the Son and believe in him to have eternal life. I will raise them up on the last day.”Then the Jews there began to complain about Jesus. That was because he said,“ I am the bread that came down from heaven.”They said,“ Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph? Don’t we know his father and mother? How can he now say,‘ I came down from heaven’?”“ Stop complaining among yourselves,” Jesus answered.“ No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me brings them. Then I will raise them up on the last day.It is written in the Prophets,‘ God will teach all of them.’( Isaiah 54:13) Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.No one has seen the Father except the one who has come from God. Only he has seen the Father.What I’m about to tell you is true. Everyone who believes has life forever.I am the bread of life.Long ago your people ate the manna in the desert, and they still died.But here is the bread that comes down from heaven. A person can eat it and not die.I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Everyone who eats some of this bread will live forever. This bread is my body. I will give it for the life of the world.”Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves. They said,“ How can this man give us his body to eat?”Jesus said to them,“ What I’m about to tell you is true. You must eat the Son of Man’s body and drink his blood. If you don’t, you have no life in you.Anyone who eats my body and drinks my blood has eternal life. I will raise them up on the last day.My body is real food. My blood is real drink.Anyone who eats my body and drinks my blood remains in me. And I remain in them.The living Father sent me, and I live because of him. In the same way, those who feed on me will live because of me.This is the bread that came down from heaven. Long ago your people ate manna and died. But whoever eats this bread will live forever.”He said this while he was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
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John 6:63
The Holy Spirit gives life. The body means nothing at all. The words I have spoken to you are full of the Spirit. They give life.
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Romans 15:4
Everything written in the past was written to teach us. The Scriptures give us strength to go on. They encourage us and give us hope.
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Ephesians 6:17
Put on the helmet of salvation. And take the sword of the Holy Spirit. The sword is God’s word.
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Exodus 16:15
The people of Israel saw the flakes. They asked each other,“ What’s that?” They didn’t know what it was. Moses said to them,“ It’s the bread the Lord has given you to eat.
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Exodus 16:35
The Israelites ate manna for 40 years. They ate it until they came to a land where people were living. They ate it until they reached the border of Canaan.
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Luke 4:8
Jesus answered,“ It is written,‘ Worship the Lord your God. He is the only one you should serve.’ ”( Deuteronomy 6:13)
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Exodus 16:8
Moses also said,“ You will know that the Lord has heard you speak against him. He will give you meat to eat in the evening. He’ll give you all the bread you want in the morning. But who are we? You aren’t speaking against us. You are speaking against the Lord.”
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John 6:5-15
Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him. So he said to Philip,“ Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”He asked this only to test Philip. He already knew what he was going to do.Philip answered him,“ Suppose we were able to buy enough bread for each person to have just a bite. That would take more than half a year’s pay!”Another of his disciples spoke up. It was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. He said,“ Here is a boy with five small loaves of barley bread. He also has two small fish. But how far will that go in such a large crowd?”Jesus said,“ Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down. About 5,000 men were there.Then Jesus took the loaves and gave thanks. He handed out the bread to those who were seated. He gave them as much as they wanted. And he did the same with the fish.When all of them had enough to eat, Jesus spoke to his disciples.“ Gather the leftover pieces,” he said.“ Don’t waste anything.”So they gathered what was left over from the five barley loaves. They filled 12 baskets with the pieces left by those who had eaten.The people saw the sign that Jesus did. Then they began to say,“ This must be the Prophet who is supposed to come into the world.”But Jesus knew that they planned to come and force him to be their king. So he went away again to a mountain by himself.
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Matthew 4:10
Jesus said to him,“ Get away from me, Satan! It is written,‘ Worship the Lord your God. He is the only one you should serve.’ ”( Deuteronomy 6:13)
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Matthew 4:7
Jesus answered him,“ It is also written,‘ Do not test the Lord your God.’ ”( Deuteronomy 6:16)
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2 Kings 7 1-2 Kings 7 2
Elisha replied,“ Listen to a message from the Lord. He says,‘ About this time tomorrow, flour won’t cost very much. Even 12 pounds of the finest flour will cost less than half of an ounce of silver. You will also be able to buy 20 pounds of barley for the same price. That’s all you will have to pay for those things at the gate of Samaria.’ ”The king was leaning on an officer’s arm. The officer spoke to the man of God. The officer said,“ Suppose the Lord opens the sky and pours down food on us. Even if he does, could what you are saying really happen?”“ You will see it with your own eyes,” answered Elisha.“ But you won’t eat any of it!”
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Malachi 3:9-11
So you are under my curse. In fact, your whole nation is under my curse. That is because you are robbing me.Bring the entire tenth to the storerooms in my temple. Then there will be plenty of food. Test me this way,” says the Lord.“ Then you will see that I will throw open the windows of heaven. I will pour out so many blessings that you will not have enough room to store them.I will keep bugs from eating up your crops. And your grapes will not drop from the vines before they are ripe,” says the Lord.
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Mark 8:4-9
His disciples answered him.“ There is nothing here,” they said.“ Where can anyone get enough bread to feed them?”“ How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked.“ Seven,” they replied.He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. He took the seven loaves and gave thanks to God. Then he broke them and gave them to his disciples. They passed the pieces of bread around to the people.The disciples also had a few small fish. Jesus gave thanks for them too. He told the disciples to pass them around.The people ate and were satisfied. After that, the disciples picked up seven baskets of leftover pieces.About 4,000 people were there. After Jesus sent them away,
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Luke 4:12
Jesus answered,“ Scripture says,‘ Do not test the Lord your God.’ ”( Deuteronomy 6:16)
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Matthew 14:16-21
Jesus replied,“ They don’t need to go away. You give them something to eat.”“ We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.“ Bring them here to me,” he said.Then Jesus directed the people to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and the two fish. He looked up to heaven and gave thanks. He broke the loaves into pieces. Then he gave them to the disciples. And the disciples gave them to the people.All of them ate and were satisfied. The disciples picked up 12 baskets of leftover pieces.The number of men who ate was about 5,000. Women and children also ate.
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2 Kings 4 42-2 Kings 4 44
A man came from Baal Shalishah. He brought the man of God 20 loaves of barley bread. They had been baked from the first grain that had ripened. The man also brought some heads of new grain.“ Give this food to the people to eat,” Elisha said.“ How can I put this in front of 100 men?” his servant asked. But Elisha answered,“ Give it to the people to eat. Do it because the Lord says,‘ They will eat and have some left over.’ ”Then the servant put the food in front of them. They ate it and had some left over. It happened just as the Lord had said it would.
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Exodus 23:15
“ Celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days, eat bread made without yeast, just as I commanded you. Do it at the appointed time in the month of Aviv. You came out of Egypt in that month.“ You must not come to worship me with your hands empty.
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Haggai 2:16-19
People went to get 20 measures of grain. But they could find only 10. They went to where the wine was stored to get 50 measures. But only 20 were there.You worked very hard to produce all those things. But I struck them with rot, mold and hail. And you still did not return to me,’ announces the Lord.It is the 24th day of the ninth month. From this day on, here is what you should think carefully about. Think about the day when the foundation of my temple was laid.Are any seeds still left in your barns? Until now, your vines and fig trees have not produced any fruit. Your pomegranate and olive trees have not produced any either.“‘ But from this day on I will bless you.’ ”
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Mark 6:38-44
“ How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked.“ Go and see.” When they found out, they said,“ Five loaves and two fish.”Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass.So they sat down in groups of 100s and 50s.Jesus took the five loaves and the two fish. He looked up to heaven and gave thanks. He broke the loaves into pieces. Then he gave them to his disciples to pass around to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.All of them ate and were satisfied.The disciples picked up 12 baskets of broken pieces of bread and fish.The number of men who had eaten was 5,000.
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1 Kings 17 12-1 Kings 17 16
“ I don’t have any bread,” she replied.“ And that’s just as sure as the Lord your God is alive. All I have is a small amount of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I’m gathering a few sticks to take home. I’ll make one last meal for myself and my son. We’ll eat it. After that, we’ll die.”Elijah said to her,“ Don’t be afraid. Go home. Do what you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me. Make it out of what you have. Bring it to me. Then make some for yourself and your son.The Lord is the God of Israel. He says,‘ The jar of flour will not be used up. The jug will always have oil in it. You will have flour and oil until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’ ”She went away and did what Elijah had told her to do. So Elijah had food every day. There was also food for the woman and her family.The jar of flour wasn’t used up. The jug always had oil in it. That’s what the Lord had said would happen. He had spoken that message through Elijah.
