And he left and went again, and prayed the third time saying the same words.
And he came, and found them asleep again. For their eyes were heavy.
Then came he to his disciples and said unto them: Sleep henceforth, and take your rest. Take heed the hour is at hand, and the son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners.
¶ But when ye pray, babble not much, as the gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard, for their much babbling's sake.
¶ He put forth a similitude unto them, signifying that men ought always to pray, and not to be weary, saying:
For this thing besought I the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me: