Little Food

And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.

And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.

• Cakes
• Bread

And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.