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Pressed Down Shaken Together
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give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.
Now it came to pass on a sabbath, that he was going through the grainfields; and his disciples plucked the ears, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. — read the full passage →
In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
But thisI say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.
And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released:
Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase: — read the full passage →
The liberal soul shall be made fat; And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
After he had ended all his sayings in the ears of the people, he entered into Capernaum. — read the full passage →
Now it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret; — read the full passage →
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.
Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according as a man hath, not according as he hath not.
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.
Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts. — read the full passage →
and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday; — read the full passage →
And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury. — read the full passage →
And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete it shall be measured unto you; and more shall be given unto you.
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you.
And he spake also a parable unto them, Can the blind guide the blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?
Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful. — read the full passage →
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.
then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
who showest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Jehovah of hosts is his name;
He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth; But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.
There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want. — read the full passage →
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
only they would that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.
And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work:
But thisI say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. — read the full passage →
Even so did the Lord ordain that they that proclaim the gospel should live of the gospel.
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward.
And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.
And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.
Give to every one that asketh thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
And he saith unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while. For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.
But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: — read the full passage →
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.
They say unto him, Cæsar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: — read the full passage →
Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith Jehovah, that have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I first measure their work into their bosom.
Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yea, I will recompense into their bosom,
For he shall never be moved; The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance.
He only is my rock and my salvation: He ismy high tower; I shall not be greatly moved.
For every beast of the forest is mine, And the cattle upon a thousand hills.
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; For I am desolate and afflicted.
Now therefore let the fear of Jehovah be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with Jehovah our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.
Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. — read the full passage →
Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; — read the full passage →
But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →
Or did I commit a sin in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God for nought? — read the full passage →
So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
Peter therefore was kept in the prison: but prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God for him.
who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit:
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken wherein they were gathered together; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
These all with one accord continued stedfastly in prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,
For the bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.
And he came out, and went, as his custom was, unto the mount of Olives; and the disciples also followed him. — read the full passage →
But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare: — read the full passage →
And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint; — read the full passage →
And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will arise and give him as many as he needeth.
And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves; — read the full passage →
saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
But he charged them, and commanded them to tell this to no man;
And it came to pass, as he was praying apart, the disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Who do the multitudes say that I am?
And when it was day, he called his disciples; and he chose from them twelve, whom also he named apostles:
And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God.
But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and prayed.
But so much the more went abroad the report concerning him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities.
and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
and his garments became glistering, exceeding white, so as no fuller on earth can whiten them.
And after he had taken leave of them, he departed into the mountain to pray.
And the people saw them going, and many knew them, and they ran together there on foot from all the cities, and outwent them.
And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed. — read the full passage →
And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
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