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But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
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Prayer
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
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But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
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And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
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“This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
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After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone,
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The Little Children and Jesus
Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them.
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“It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
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If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
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Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath.
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Gethsemane
Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”
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Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
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“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
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He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”
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So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.
