Quotes About Prayer

Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:

yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.í”

And the Lord said, “Listen to the words of the unjust judge.

Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?

“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ëGod, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ëGod, have mercy on me, a sinner!í

So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

“What do you want Me to do for you?” “Lord,” he said, “let me see again.”

He declared to them, “It is written: ëMy house will be a house of prayer.í But you have made it ëa den of robbers.í”

They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”

So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.

But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.

When He came to the place, He told them, “Pray that you will not enter into temptation.”

And He withdrew about a stoneís throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,

“Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”

Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him and strengthened Him.

And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.

“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”

When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them.

God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”