Mark 14:39

He went away again and prayed, saying the same words.

“And when you pray, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

He went away a second time and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.”

Now Jesus was telling the disciples a parable to make the point that at all times they ought to pray and not give up and lose heart,

Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might leave me;

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And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words.

“And when you pray, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

He went away a second time and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.”

Now Jesus was telling the disciples a parable to make the point that at all times they ought to pray and not give up and lose heart,

Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might leave me;