But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions as the heathen do, for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

He went away again the second time and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if this cup may not pass away from Me, unless I drink it, Thy will be done."

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

And He spoke a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray and not to faint,

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