5 Bible Verses about Wasting Food

John 6:12 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.”

John 6:12-13 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten.

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Mark 6:42-43 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish.

Luke 9:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And they all ate and were satisfied. And what was left over was picked up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.

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