What To Eat

Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;

And God saith, `Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which <FI>is<Fi> upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food;

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying unto them, — read the full passage →

`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round? — read the full passage →

work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal--<FI> even<Fi> God.'

But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'

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;

Giving food to all flesh, For to the age <FI>is<Fi> His kindness.

because every creature of God <FI>is<Fi> good, and nothing <FI>is<Fi> to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,

But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;

because it doth not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it doth go out, purifying all the meats.'

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

`Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness--because they shall be filled.

`Sons ye <FI>are<Fi> to Jehovah your God; ye do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead; — read the full passage →

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

one doth believe that he may eat all things--and he who is weak doth eat herbs;

The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour--honour.

Whatever in the meat-market is sold eat ye, not inquiring, because of the conscience,

`And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

The eyes of all unto Thee do look, And Thou art giving to them their food in its season,

Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths, — read the full passage →

Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,

let not him who is eating despise him who is not eating: and let not him who is not eating judge him who is eating, for God did receive him.

Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.

And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou <FI>art<Fi> a man of appetite.

`And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I--I will not be under authority by any;

For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing,

and <FI>there is<Fi> a voice again a second time unto him: `What God did cleanse, thou, declare not thou common;'

Jesus, therefore, doth come and take the bread and give to them, and the fish in like manner;

`I am the living bread that came down out of the heaven; if any one may eat of this bread he shall live--to the age; and the bread also that I will give is my flesh, that I will give for the life of the world.'

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

`And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,

And Jesus answering said to her, `Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and disquieted about many things,

and into whatever city ye enter, and they may receive you, eat the things set before you,

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

`But thou, doing kindness, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth,

and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying:

Honey thou hast found--eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated <FI>with<Fi> it, and hast vomited it.

Taste ye and see that Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> good, O the happiness of the man who trusteth in Him. — read the full passage →

`I have heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel; speak unto them, saying, Between the evenings ye eat flesh, and in the morning ye are satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread, and ye have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.'

beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

but having food and raiment--with these we shall suffice ourselves;

forbidding to marry--to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth,

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, — read the full passage →

for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, <FI>are<Fi> pure, but evil <FI>is<Fi> to the man who is eating through stumbling.

let not him who is eating despise him who is not eating: and let not him who is not eating judge him who is eating, for God did receive him. — read the full passage →

and at the end of ten days their appearance hath appeared better and fatter in flesh then any of the lads who are eating the king's portion of food.

And Daniel saith unto the Meltzar, whom the chief of the eunuchs hath appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, — read the full passage →

yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it <FI>is<Fi> a gift of God.

Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh, — read the full passage →

`A statute age-during to your generations in all your dwellings: any fat or any blood ye do not eat.'

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, — read the full passage →

forbidding to marry--to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth, — read the full passage →

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

but I chastise my body, and bring <FI>it<Fi> into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others--I myself may become disapproved.

wherefore, if victuals cause my brother to stumble, I may eat no flesh--to the age--that my brother I may not cause to stumble.

so, then, each of us concerning himself shall give reckoning to God;

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

he saw in a vision manifestly, as it were the ninth hour of the day, a messenger of God coming in unto him, and saying to him, `Cornelius;'

`And ye--seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, if they do not wash the hands to the wrist, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders,

And his disciples say to him, `Whence to us, in a wilderness, so many loaves, as to fill so great a multitude?'

not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

and I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.

lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

for nothing did we bring into the world--<FI> it is<Fi> manifest that we are able to carry nothing out; — read the full passage →

and those having believing masters, let them not slight <FI>them<Fi> , because they are brethren, but rather let them serve, because they are stedfast and beloved, who of the benefit are partaking. These things be teaching and exhorting;

I have known both to be abased, and I have known to abound; in everything and in all things I have been initiated, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.

and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;

and all the same spiritual food did eat,

for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

Thou--who art thou that art judging another's domestic? to his own master he doth stand or fall; and he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

to abstain from things offered to idols, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom; from which keeping yourselves, ye shall do well; be strong!'

Daily also continuing with one accord in the temple, breaking also at every house bread, they were partaking of food in gladness and simplicity of heart, — read the full passage →

and there came suddenly out of the heaven a sound as of a bearing violent breath, and it filled all the house where they were sitting,

And in the last, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, `If any one doth thirst, let him come unto me and drink;

`According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me;

and Jesus went up to the mount, and he was there sitting with his disciples,

And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on; — read the full passage →

and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known;

At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy; — read the full passage →

and having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and was giving to the disciples to set before the multitude; — read the full passage →

whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you--they have their reward!

Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.

Happy art thou, O land, When thy king <FI>is<Fi> a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness.

Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole; — read the full passage →

Better <FI>is<Fi> an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.

and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which <FI>is<Fi> breath of life, every green herb <FI>is<Fi> for food:' and it is so.

and there was following him a great multitude, because they were seeing his signs that he was doing on the ailing;