Here is a dialogue between Jesus and a Sadducee.

The Sadducee addressed Jesus, saying, Tell me, why do you say that we must not eat the flesh of animals?

Was not livestock given to man just as fruits and herbs were?

Jesus answered him, opening a melon: Look at this fruit of the earth, look with your own eyes at this good fruit of the soil and see the seeds it contains. Each melon can produce more than 100 other melons. If you plant this seed, you will be nourished by the true God, for no blood has been shed. No cry has been heard by your ears, and no blood has been seen by your eyes. True nourishment for humankind comes from our mother earth.

But look at what Satan gives: anguish and death, the blood of the living taken by the sword. Do you not know that he who lives by the sword will die by the sword? Go, plant the good fruit of life and do not cause suffering to animals anymore.

Jesus added: “Truly I tell you, this is the purpose for which I came into the world: to put an end to all blood offerings and the relish of the flesh of animals and birds that are killed by humans.” In the beginning, God gave to all the fruits of the trees, the seeds, the herbs, and the plants for food; but those who loved themselves more than they loved God or their fellow human beings corrupted their ways, bringing sickness into their bodies and filling the earth with lust and violence.

The Apostle Paul also gives us this wise counsel: It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes a brother or sister to stumble (Romans 14:21).

Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to stumble (Romans 8:13).

Let us all obey God and live according to his teachings.