repetitive prayer
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7And when praying, do not choose many words, as the pagans do. For they think that by their excess of words they might be heeded.
7And when praying, do not choose many words, as the pagans do. For they think that by their excess of words they might be heeded. 8Therefore, do not choose to imitate them. For your Father knows what your needs may be, even before you ask him.
44And leaving them behind, again he went and prayed for the third time, saying the same words.
1“Pay attention, lest you perform your justice before men, in order to be seen by them; otherwise you shall not have a reward with your Father, who is in heaven. 2Therefore, when you give alms, do not choose to sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the towns, so that they may be honored by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. 3But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4so that your almsgiving may be in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you. 5And when you pray, you should not be like the hypocrites, who love standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets to pray, so that they may be seen by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. 6But you, when you pray, enter into your room, and having shut the door, pray to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.
9Therefore, you shall pray in this way: Our Father, who is in heaven: May your name be kept holy. 10May your kingdom come. May your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth. 11Give us this day our life-sustaining bread. 12And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. 13And lead us not into temptation. But free us from evil. Amen.
6Be anxious about nothing. But in all things, with prayer and supplication, with acts of thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.
8And each of the four living creatures had upon them six wings, and all around and within they are full of eyes. And they took no rest, day or night, from saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.”
1And so I beg you, first of all, to make supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings for all men, 2for kings, and for all who are in high places, so that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and chastity. 3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4who wants all men to be saved and to arrive at an acknowledgment of the truth. 5For there is one God, and one mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus, 6who gave himself as a redemption for all, as a testimony in its proper time.
17Pray without ceasing.
16Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be saved. For the unremitting prayer of a just person prevails over many things.
12And it happened that, in those days, he went out to a mountain to pray. And he was in the prayer of God throughout the night.
6For the prudence of the flesh is death. But the prudence of the spirit is life and peace.
1Now the Spirit has clearly said that, in the end times, some persons will depart from the faith, paying attention to spirits of error and the doctrines of devils,
7Cast all your cares upon him, for he takes care of you.