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Give , and It shall be Given unto You

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Announcements › Forums › Love – July 29th, 2018 › Give , and It shall be Given unto You

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  • July 26, 2018 at 7:59 pm #6969
    chardelle
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    Luke 6:38 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.

    I have always enjoyed reading how Jesus worded this … so I looked it up and one commentary from Universal Life Church explained that while Jesus was giving his sermon on the plain he probably used this example for understanding giving freely. Apparently landowners left grain at the edges of their fields for the poor to gather. The walk to the fields was a great distance and usually only one trip was made. In order to gather as much grain as possible to fit into one basket they pressed it down and shook it until the basket was overflowing. The poor were also instructed to give and if they did, God would return blessings to them.

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