Peter Freed from Prison

⁵ Peter was therefore kept in prison, but ^[a]constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church.

²⁶ And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

^16 [a]Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. ^(A)The effective, ^[b]fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

^17 (A)pray without ceasing,

^18 (A)praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, ^(B)being watchful to this end with all perseverance and ^(C)supplication for all the saints— ¹⁹ and for me, that utterance may be given to me, ^(D)that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰ for which ^(E)I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

¹¹ you also ^(A)helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on ^[a]our behalf ^(B)for the gift granted to us through many.

^19 (A)“Again^[a] I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, ^(B)it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

^3 (A)Remember the prisoners as if chained with them—those who are mistreated—since you yourselves are in the body also.

¹² So, when he had considered this, ^(A)he came to the house of Mary, the mother of ^(B)John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together ^(C)praying.

The Parable of the Persistent Widow

18 Then He spoke a parable to them, that men ^(A)always ought to pray and not lose heart,