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After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.

Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.

For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,

Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?

For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,

And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’

Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry.

He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.

…where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.

Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.

On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.

For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.

If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.

I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. In any and every situation I have learned the secret of being filled and being hungry, of having plenty and having need.

‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’