But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.

He said to them, The Scripture says, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers.

And whatever you ask for in prayer, having faith and [really] believing, you will receive.

They do all their works to be seen of men; for they make wide their phylacteries (small cases enclosing certain Scripture passages, worn during prayer on the left arm and forehead) and make long their fringes [worn by all male Israelites, according to the command].

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you swallow up widows’ houses and for a pretense to cover it up make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation and the heavier sentence.

And He replied to them, This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting.

And He taught and said to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? But you have turned it into a den of robbers.

For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is granted to you, and you will [get it].

Who devour widows’ houses and to cover it up make long prayers. They will receive the heavier [sentence of] condemnation.

And as a widow even for eighty-four years. She did not go out from the temple enclosure, but was worshiping night and day with fasting and prayer.

Then they said to Him, The disciples of John practice fasting often and offer up prayers of [special] petition, and so do [the disciples] of the Pharisees also, but Yours eat and drink.

Now in those days it occurred that He went up into a mountain to pray, and spent the whole night in prayer to God.

Telling them, It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer; but you have made it a cave of robbers.

Who make away with and devour widows’ houses, and [to cover it up] with pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation (the heavier sentence, the severer punishment).

And when He got up from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from grief,

All of these with their minds in full agreement devoted themselves steadfastly to prayer, [waiting together] with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

And they steadfastly persevered, devoting themselves constantly to the instruction and fellowship of the apostles, to the breaking of bread [including the Lord’s Supper] and prayers.

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour (three o’clock in the afternoon),

But we will continue to devote ourselves steadfastly to prayer and the ministry of the Word.

These they presented to the apostles, who after prayer laid their hands on them.

And he, gazing intently at him, became frightened and said, What is it, Lord? And the angel said to him, Your prayers and your [generous] gifts to the poor have come up [as a sacrifice] to God and have been remembered by Him.

And they said, Cornelius, a centurion (captain) who is just and upright and in right standing with God, being God-fearing and obedient and well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, has been instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house; and he has received in answer [to prayer] a warning to listen to and act upon what you have to say.

And Cornelius said, This is now the fourth day since about this time I was observing the ninth hour (three o’clock in the afternoon) of prayer in my lodging place; [suddenly] a man stood before me in dazzling apparel,

And he said, Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and harkened to, and your donations to the poor have been known and preserved before God [so that He heeds and is about to help you].

So Peter was kept in prison, but fervent prayer for him was persistently made to God by the church (assembly).