Jesus commands generosity and attaches a promise: God’s response overflows the container — good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over. This is not a prosperity formula for getting rich; it is the settled law of God’s economy: the measure you use is measured back to you.
Luke 6:38 KJV“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.”
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Jesus calls for a quality of generosity that overflows — not the careful calculation of what is safe to give, but pressed-down, shaken-together, running-over generosity. This command asks you to examine the posture behind your giving. Are you generous by nature — releasing resources freely without calculating the return? Or is your giving controlled, measured, and always kept within a range that feels safe?
Identify someone who needs what you have — money, time, help — and give today in a measure that stretches you. Do not weigh whether they deserve it or how they will use it. Give fully, expecting nothing back. Let go of control. This is the pressed-down, running-over generosity Jesus commands.
When you give without measure, you discover the Father's own generosity. Releasing your grip mirrors His nature and draws you into deeper trust. You experience His overflowing provision not as theory but as lived reality, forging intimate dependence on Him beyond earthly scarcity.
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This is one of 69 direct commands of Jesus in the free Red Letter Challenge: All Commands of Jesus — The Living Sword
Read every Scripture in your chosen translation (WEB, KJV, Geneva, YLT, and more) at https://www.thelivingsword.org/red-letter-challenge/give-and-it-will-be-given