And the whole multitude of the people were in prayer outside at the hour of the incense offering.

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall name him John.

and then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She did not leave the temple grounds, serving night and day with fasts and prayers.

And they said to Him, “The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, the disciples of the Pharisees also do the same, but Yours eat and drink.”

Choosing the Twelve

Now it was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer with God.

Instruction about Prayer

It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, when He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”

Parables on Prayer

Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not become discouraged,

saying to them, “It is written: ‘And My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.”

who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These will receive all the more condemnation.”

When He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow,