He left them and withdrew again and prayed a third time, saying the same thing again.
Then he returned once more and found them asleep, for they could not keep their eyes open.
Then he returned to his disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Behold, the hour is at hand when the Son of Man is to be handed over to sinners.
In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words.
Then he told them a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said,
Three times I begged the Lord about this, that it might leave me,