Matthew 26:44

James Moffatt - New Testament

So he left them and went back for the third time, praying in the same words as before.

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three times over I prayed the Lord to make it leave me,

He also told them a parable about the need of always praying and never losing heart.

Do not pray by idle rote like pagans, for they suppose they will be heard the more they say;

And when he returned he found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.

Then he went to the disciples and said to them, "Still asleep? still resting? The hour is near, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.