One person believes in eating everything, but the weak person eats only vegetables.

When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

The one who observes the day does it for the Lord. The one who eats, eats for the Lord because he gives thanks to God, and the one who abstains from eating abstains for the Lord, and he gives thanks to God.

Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk?

For the one who eats and drinks without careful regard for the body eats and drinks judgment against himself.

When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”