Matthew 20:31
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31 The crowd (A)rebuked them, telling them to be silent, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”
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Matthew 19:13
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Let the Children Come to Me
13 (A)Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples (B)rebuked the people,
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Colossians 4:2
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Further Instructions
2 (A)Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it (B)with thanksgiving.
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1 Thessalonians 5:17
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17 (A)pray without ceasing,
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Luke 18:1-8
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The Parable of the Persistent Widow
18 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought (A)always to pray and not (B)lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who (C)neither feared God nor respected man. 3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, (D)‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And (E)will not God give justice to (F)his elect, (G)who cry to him day and night? (H)(I)Will he delay long over them? 8 I tell you, he will give justice to them (J)speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, (K)will he find faith on earth?”
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Luke 11:8-10
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8 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything (A)because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence[a] he will rise and give him whatever he needs. 9 And I tell you, (B)ask, and (C)it will be given to you; (D)seek, and you will find; (E)knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
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- Luke 11:8 Or persistence
Matthew 15:23
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23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, (A)“Send her away, for she is crying out after us.”
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Matthew 7:7-8
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Ask, and It Will Be Given
7 (A)“Ask, (B)and it will be given to you; (C)seek, and you will find; (D)knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
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Genesis 32:25-29
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25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, (A)“I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27 And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then he said, (B)“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,[a] for (C)you have striven with God and (D)with men, and have prevailed.” 29 Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, (E)“Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him.
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- Genesis 32:28 Israel means He strives with God, or God strives
Luke 18:39
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39 And those who were in front (A)rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
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