For he had healed many, so that all those who {were suffering from diseases} pressed about him in order that they could touch him.

Give, and it will be given to you, a good measure--pressed down, shaken, overflowing--they will pour out into your lap. For with the measure by which you measure out, it will be measured out to you in return."

"The law and the prophets [were] until John; from that time [on] the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urgently pressed into it.

But I am hard pressed {between the two options}, having the desire to depart and to be with Christ, {for this is very much better}.