What does the Bible say about pressed down shaken together?
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The Bible teaches that God calls His people to generous, faith-filled giving, promising that such mercy reflects His own abundant kindness, though it is never a formula for controlling Him or gaining wealth. In Luke 6:38, Jesus uses the picture of a measure pressed down and shaken together to encourage liberality toward others, while warning that the measure we use reveals the posture of our hearts. Acts 20:35 likewise honors giving over receiving. Believers pray confidently and persevere in faith, as Mark 11:24 and John 15:7 teach, yet James 4:3 reminds us that God does not grant selfish requests. Our generosity and prayers rest ultimately on God’s grace and His wise provision.
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- Luke 6:38
"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."
- Mark 11:24
Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.
- Acts 20:35
In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you 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.'"
- 2 Corinthians 9:6
Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
- James 4:3
You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
- Isaiah 58:10-11
[10] and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall your light rise in darkness, and your obscurity be as the noonday; [11] and Yahweh will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make strong your bones; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters don't fail.
- Mark 11:25
Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.
- Luke 11:13
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"
- John 15:7
If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
- John 16:24
Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.
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