Pressed Down Shaken Together

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. — read the full passage →

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits 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?

Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, — read the full passage →

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord 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 obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: — read the full passage →

And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. — read the full passage →

And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord 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 to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

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, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also 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 to you again.

And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is his name,

He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just 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 God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. — read the full passage →

Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach 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 in us.

And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

And he said 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, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: — read the full passage →

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

They say unto him, Cesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: — read the full passage →

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.

Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; 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.

Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift 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 Ghost,

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. — read the full passage →

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; — read the full passage →

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? — read the full passage →

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, 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 abide with you for ever;

For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. — read the full passage →

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. — read the full passage →

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; — read the full passage →

And Jesus answering said, Were there not 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 rise 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 unto 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 slain, and be raised the third day.

And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;

And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?

And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.

And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.

And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.