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It's from the Sermon on the Mount, I can't recall the verse. "Give us this day our daily bread," which means that you pray for God to supply you with your needs, both physical and spiritual.

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At times the Bible seems to use "bread" for food in general, as at Genesis 3:19 and in the model prayer, which contains the request: "Give us today our bread for this day." - Mt 6:11. The term "bread", as used in the Bible, has a number of figurative applications. For instance, when instituting the new meal that would commemorate his death (on Nisan 14, 33 C.E.), Jesus took a loaf and after saying a blessing, he broke it and, giving it to disciples, he said:"Take, eat. This means my body "which is to be given in your behalf." -Lu 22:19; 1 Co 11:23,24. About a year earlier, Jesus Christ had said: "I am the bread of life." He showed that he was "the living bread that came down from heaven," adding: "If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever, and, for a fact, the bread that I shall give is my flesh in behalf of the life of the world." (Joh 6:48-51) This ´eating´ would have to be done in a figurative way, by exercising faith in the value of Jesus´perfect human sacrifice. (Joh 6:40)

Matthew 6:11 ~ "Give us this day our daily bread....."Is part of the Lord's Prayer.  We should not try to read more into the statement than is actually there.  Jesus was simply teaching his followers that they should be aware of their daily dependence upon God, even for food. 

In another lengthier passage Jesus expounded upon this teaching, again encouraging his disciples to trust God for all their earthly needs, because God values them more than the birds of the air and the lilies of the field.  (Lk. 12.22-31)

 

WHEN a disciple asked for instruction regarding prayer, Jesus did not refuse to give it to him. According to Luke 11:2-4, he replied: “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.” (Catholic Douay Version) This is commonly known as the Lord’s Prayer. It conveys a world of information.

For one thing, the very first word tells us to whom our prayers must be addressed—to our Father. Notice that Jesus made no room whatsoever for praying to some other person, image, “saint,” or even to him. After all, God had declared: “I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven things.” (Isaiah 42:8, Dy) Prayers directed to anything or anyone other than our heavenly Father are therefore not heard by him, no matter how sincere the worshiper may be. In the Bible, only Jehovah God is called the “Hearer of prayer.”—Psalm 65:2.

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