So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?

But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;

And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.

But the Lord, answering, said to her, Martha, Martha, you are full of care and troubled about such a number of things:

And do not give overmuch thought to your food and drink, and let not your mind be full of doubts.

If you were a servant when you became a Christian, let it not be a grief to you; but if you have a chance to become free, make use of it.

Putting all your troubles on him, for he takes care of you.

In

Then Jacob was in great fear and trouble of mind: and he put all the people and the flocks and the herds and the camels into two groups;

And Hannah, answering him, said, No, my lord, I am a woman whose spirit is broken with sorrow: I have not taken wine or strong drink, but I have been opening my heart before the Lord.

And David was greatly troubled; for the people were talking of stoning him, because their hearts were bitter, every man sorrowing for his sons and his daughters: but David made himself strong in the Lord his God.

And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, made prayer because of this, crying out to heaven.

And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

Let your eyes be turned to him and you will have light, and your faces will not be shamed.

O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.

In the evening and in the morning and in the middle of the day I will make my prayer with sounds of grief; and my voice will come to his ears.

Have faith in him at all times, you people; let your hearts go flowing out before him: God is our safe place. (Selah.)

Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.

Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.

Let your cry come to me, and I will give you an answer, and let you see great things and secret things of which you had no knowledge.

Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:

And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;

And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed.

With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,

Give yourselves to prayer at all times, keeping watch with praise;

Keep on with your prayers.

But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;

But you, my loved ones, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and making prayers in the Holy Spirit,

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The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.

O my dove, you are in the holes of the mountain sides, in the cracks of the high hills; let me see your face, let your voice come to my ears; for sweet is your voice, and your face is fair.

So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him.

General references

Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children.

And if you say, Where will our food come from in the seventh year, when we may not put in seed, or get in the increase

And he made prayer to the Lord, saying,