And in the 1611 King James Bible, Jesus promises attendees at the Sermon on the Plain that whatever good they do in life will be repaid with a ‘good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over’.20 In other words: unlike those tight-fisted lords, God is generous with the grain, offering heavenly rewards in abundance rather than making you fight for scraps.
The compression was specific, i.e.fair
