But when you pray, do not babble like the heathen, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, let Your will be done."

And leaving them, He went away again, and prayed a third time, saying the same words.

Then He spoke a parable to them, that one must always pray and not lose heart,

Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.