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And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.
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But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.
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and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
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The Baptism and Genealogy of Jesus
When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened
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But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
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Jesus Questioned About Fasting
They said to him, “John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.”
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The Twelve Apostles
One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.
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bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
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Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah
Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?”
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The Transfiguration
About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray.
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As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning.
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Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer
One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
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He said to them, “When you pray, say: “‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.
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The Parable of the Persistent Widow
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
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“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
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The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
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“It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be a house of prayer’; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
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They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”
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Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”
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But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
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Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives
Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him.
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On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”
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He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed,
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And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
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When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
