Matthew 6:7
6:7 When
you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard.
Matthew 26:42-44
26:42 He went away a second time and prayed,
“My Father, if this cup
cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done.”
26:43 He came again and found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open.
26:44 So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing once more.
Luke 18:1-2
Prayer and the Parable of the Persistent Widow
18:1 Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.
18:2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.
Colossians 1:8
1:8 who also told us of your love in the Spirit.