And when you pray, do not babble vain repetitions as the heathen do. 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, Your will be done.

So He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not faint,

Concerning this thing I entreated the Lord three times that it might depart from me.