John 4:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Jesus, Master, take some food.

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  • Gen 24:33 : 33 And meat was put before him, but he said, I will not take food till I have made my business clear to you. And they said, Do so.
  • Matt 23:7 : 7 And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher.
  • John 1:38 : 38 And Jesus, turning round, saw them coming after him and said to them, What are you looking for? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, Master), where are you living?
  • Acts 16:30-34 : 30 And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation? 31 And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation. 32 And they gave the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33 And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away. 34 And he took them into his house and gave them food, and he was full of joy, having faith in God with all his family.

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    32But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge.

    33So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food?

    34Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.

  • John 21:12-13
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    12Jesus said to them, Come and take some food. And all the disciples were in fear of putting the question, Who are you? being conscious that it was the Lord.

    13Then Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and the fish in the same way.

  • Mark 8:1-2
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    1In those days again, when there was a great mass of people and they had no food, he made his disciples come to him and said to them,

    2I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;

  • Matt 15:32-33
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    32And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.

    33And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?

  • Mark 6:31
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    31And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food.

  • Mark 8:4
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    4And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?

  • Luke 24:41-43
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    41And because, for joy and wonder, they were still in doubt, he said to them, Have you any food here?

    42And they gave him a bit of cooked fish.

    43And before their eyes he took a meal.

  • Matt 14:15-16
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    15And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.

    16But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.

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    8For his disciples had gone to the town to get food.

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    33And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink.

  • Mark 6:35-37
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    35And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:

    36Send them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food for themselves.

    37But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?

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    5So Jesus said to them, Children, have you taken any fish? They made answer, No.

  • Luke 6:3-4
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    3And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;

    4How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

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    1And it came about that he was in prayer in a certain place, and when he came to an end, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, will you give us teaching about prayer, as John did to his disciples?

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    3But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?

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  • Luke 9:13
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    13But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.

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    22And while they were taking food, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said, Take it: this is my body.

  • Mark 3:20
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    20And he went into a house. And the people came together again, so that they were not even able to take bread.

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    5And when the disciples came to the other side they had not taken thought to get bread.

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    26And 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.

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    17Now 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?

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    34Ah, Lord, they said, give us that bread for ever!

  • Matt 12:1
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    1At that time Jesus went through the fields on the Sabbath day; and his disciples, being in need of food, were taking the heads of grain.

  • John 4:30
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    30So they went out of the town and came to him.

  • Luke 9:18
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    18And it came about that when he was in prayer, by himself, and the disciples were with him, he put a question to them, saying, Who do the people say I am?

  • Luke 24:30
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    30And when he was seated with them at table, he took the bread, and said words of blessing and, making division of it, he gave it to them.

  • Mark 14:18
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    18And while they were seated taking food, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, One of you will be false to me, one who is taking food with me.

  • John 6:31
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    31Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven.

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    43And he gave them special orders that they were not to say anything of this; and he said that some food was to be given to her.

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    12And on the first day of unleavened bread, when the Passover lamb is put to death, his disciples said to him, Where are we to go and make ready for you to take the Passover meal?

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    11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?

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    25And he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did, when he had need and was without food, he, and those who were with him?

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    14Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?

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    5Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?

  • Matt 16:7
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    7And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, We took no bread.

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    16And they said to one another, We have no bread.

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    16And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?

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    44So he put it before them, and they had a meal and there was more than enough, as the Lord had said.