Matthew 6:7

6:7 When ¹  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, ²  “My Father, if this cup ³  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. ⁴  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 ⁵  Jesus ⁶  told them a parable to show them they should always ⁷  pray and not lose heart. ⁸  18:2 He said, ⁹  “In a certain city ¹⁰  there was a judge ¹¹  who neither feared God nor respected people. ¹² 

Colossians 1:8

1:8 who also told us of your love in the Spirit.

[6:7]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:42]  ² tn Grk “saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[26:42]  ³ tn Grk “this”; the referent (the cup) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:43]  ⁴ tn Grk “because their eyes were weighed down,” an idiom for becoming extremely or excessively sleepy (L&N 23.69).

[18:1]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[18:1]  ⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:1]  ⁷ tn Or “should pray at all times” (L&N 67.88).

[18:1]  ⁸ sn This is one of the few parables that comes with an explanation at the start: …they should always pray and not lose heart. It is part of Luke’s goal in encouraging Theophilus (1:4).

[18:2]  ⁹ tn Grk “lose heart, saying.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text, but a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronominal subject “He.”

[18:2]  ¹⁰ tn Or “town.”

[18:2]  ¹¹ sn The judge here is apparently portrayed as a civil judge who often handled financial cases.

[18:2]  ¹² tn Grk “man,” but the singular ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used as a generic in comparison to God.