So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words.
And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
“And in praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
And he told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
Three times I besought the Lord about this, that it should leave me;