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But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.[a](A)

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  1. 6.6 Other ancient authorities add openly

33 So he went in and closed the door on the two of them and prayed to the Lord.(A)

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23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,(A)

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24 Before they call I will answer,
    while they are yet speaking I will hear.(A)

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15 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
    and his ears are open to their cry.(A)

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40 Peter put all of them outside, and then he knelt down and prayed. He turned to the body and said, “Tabitha, get up.” Then she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.(A)

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20 Come, my people, enter your chambers,
    and shut your doors behind you;
hide yourselves for a little while
    until the wrath is past.(A)

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18 so that your fasting may be seen not by others but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.[a]

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  1. 6.18 Other ancient authorities add openly

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be grieved and agitated.(A) 38 Then he said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and stay awake with me.”(B) 39 And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me, yet not what I want but what you want.”(C)

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About noon the next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.(A)

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so that your alms may be done in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.[a](A)

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  1. 6.4 Other ancient authorities add openly

Prayer for the Readers

14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,[a]

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  1. 3.14 Other ancient authorities add of our Lord Jesus Christ

24 Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.(A) 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the 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 is breaking.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go, unless you bless me.”(B) 27 So he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then the man[a] said, “You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,[b] for you have striven with God and with humans[c] and have prevailed.”(C) 29 Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him.(D)

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  1. 32.28 Heb he
  2. 32.28 That is, the one who strives with God or God strives
  3. 32.28 Or with divine and human beings

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit[a] set their minds on the things of the Spirit.[b](A)

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  1. 8.5 Or spirit
  2. 8.5 Or spirit

30 Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this very hour, at three o’clock, I was praying in my house when suddenly a man in dazzling clothes stood before me.

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48 Nathanael asked him, “Where did you get to know me?” Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.”

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17 Jesus said to her, “Do not touch me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”(A)

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