Matthew 26:44

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And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

"And when ye pray, babble not much, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard, for their much babbling's sake.

Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his intercession. O let thy face shine over thy Sanctuary, that lieth waste.

He put forth a similitude unto them, signifying that men ought always to pray, and not to be weary,

For this thing besought I the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me,