For he had healed so many that all the people who had ailments pressed upon him so as to touch him.

On one occasion when he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, the crowd pressed upon him to listen to the word of God.

"Pardon, and you shall be pardoned; Give, and gifts shall be given to you; Full measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, they shall pour into your bosom. For with what measure you measure, they will measure back to you."

"The Law and the Prophet lasted until John; since then the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and any one presses in.

On every side I am hard pressed, yet not hemmed in; perplexed, but not in despair;