Mat 6:7, 26:42-44, Luk 18:1, 2Cor 12:8 | ESV | STEP | And when you pray , do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words .

Matthew 6:7

7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as ^athe Gentiles do, for ^bthey think that they will be heard ^cfor their many words.

Matthew 26:42-44

42 Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, ^dyour will be done.” 43 And again he came and found them sleeping, for ^etheir eyes were heavy. 44 So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for ^fthe third time, saying the same words again.

Luke 18:1

The Parable of the Persistent Widow

1 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought ^galways to pray and not ^hlose heart.

2 Corinthians 12:8

8 ⁱThree times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me.