15 Bible Verses about Preparing Food

On the first day of the Festival of the Unleavened Bread, the disciples came up to Jesus, and said: "Where do you wish us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?" "Go into the city to a certain man," he answered, "and say to him 'The Teacher says--My time is near. I will keep the Passover with my disciples at your house.'" The disciples did as Jesus directed them, and prepared the Passover.

On the first day of the Festival of the Unleavened bread, when it was customary to kill the Passover lambs, his disciples said to Jesus: "Where do you wish us to go and make preparations for your eating the Passover?" Jesus sent forward two of his disciples and said to them: "Go into the city, and there a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you; follow him; and, wherever he goes in, say to the owner of the house 'The Teacher says--Where is my room where I am to eat the Passover with my disciples?'read more.
He will himself show you a large upstairs room, set out ready; and there make preparations for us." So the disciples set out and went into the city, and found everything just as Jesus had told them; and they prepared the Passover.

Jesus sent forward Peter and John, saying to them: "Go and make preparations for our eating the Passover." "Where do you wish us to make preparations?" they asked. "Listen," he answered, "when you have got into the city, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you; follow him into whatever house he enters;read more.
And you shall say to the owner of the house 'The Teacher says to you--Where is the room where I am to eat the Passover with my disciples?' The man will show you a large upstairs room, set out; there make preparations." So Peter and John went on, and found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

The evening had already fallen, when, as it was the Preparation Day--the day before the Sabbath--

It was the Preparation Day, and just before the Sabbath began.

It was the Preparation Day, and so, to prevent the bodies from remaining on the crosses during the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.

And so, because of its being the Preparation Day, and as the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.

It was the Passover Preparation Day, and about noon. Then he said to the Jews: "Here is your King!"

The next day--that is, the day following the Preparation-Day- -the Chief Priests and Pharisees came in a body to Pilate, and said:

But God said to the man 'Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared--who will have it?'

Instead of saying 'Prepare my dinner, and then make yourself ready and wait on me while I am eating and drinking, and after that you shall eat and drink yourself'?

A second time he sent some servants, with orders to say to those who had been invited 'I have prepared my breakfast, my cattle and fat beasts are killed and everything is ready; come to the banquet.'

He became hungry and wanted something to eat; but while it was being prepared, he fell into a trance,

Then he said to his servants 'The banquet is prepared, but those who were invited were not worthy.

And sent his servant, when it was time for the dinner, to say to those who had been invited 'Come, for everything is now ready.'