All the people were outside, praying, at the time of the incense burning,

But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Z’kharyah; because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elisheva will bear you a son, and you are to name him Yochanan.

and had remained a widow ever since; now she was eighty-four. She never left the Temple grounds but worshipped there night and day, fasting and praying.

While all the people were being immersed, Yeshua too was immersed. As he was praying, heaven was opened;

However, he made a practice of withdrawing to remote places in order to pray.

It was around that time that Yeshua went out to the hill country to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God.

bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

Once when Yeshua was praying in private, his talmidim were with him; and he asked them, “Who are the crowds saying I am?”

About a week after Yeshua said these things, he took Kefa, Yochanan and Ya‘akov with him and went up to the hill country to pray.

As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed; and his clothing became gleaming white.

One time Yeshua was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of the talmidim said to him, “Sir, teach us to pray, just as Yochanan taught his talmidim.”

He said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, May your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come.

Then Yeshua told his talmidim a parable, in order to impress on them that they must always keep praying and not lose heart.

“Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Parush and the other a tax-collector.

The Parush stood and prayed to himself, ‘O God! I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity — greedy, dishonest, immoral, or like this tax-collector!

saying to them, “The Tanakh says, ‘My House is to be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it into a den of robbers!”

Stay alert, always praying that you will have the strength to escape all the things that will happen and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man.”

But I prayed for you, Shim‘on, that your trust might not fail. And you, once you have turned back in repentance, strengthen your brothers!”

When he arrived, he said to them, “Pray that you won’t be put to the test.”

He went about a stone’s throw away from them, kneeled down and prayed,

and in great anguish he prayed more intensely, so that his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

On rising from prayer and coming to the talmidim, he found them sleeping because of their grief.

He said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you won’t be put to the test!”