And he told his disciples that a small boat should stand ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not press upon him.

And the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the highways and hedges and press [them] to come in, so that my house will be filled!

For days will come upon you and your enemies will put up an embankment against you, and will surround you and press you hard from all directions.

Not that I have already received [this], or [have] already been made perfect, but I press on if indeed I may lay hold of [that] for which also I was laid hold of by Christ.

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.