Prayer

8The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

29Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

9He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

5“When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

6But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

7In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

8Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.

9Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

10Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

11Give us today our daily bread.

12Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

13Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen. ’

14“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

15But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

7“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

8For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

33Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is.

12In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.

36Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

31The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat,

32but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”

13Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

14If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.

1Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,

2a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.

3At about the ninth hour of the day, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, “Cornelius!”

4He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, “What is it, Lord?” He said to him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.

5Now send men to Joppa, and get Simon, who is also called Peter.

6He lodges with a tanner named Simon, whose house is by the seaside.

12rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

10Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

11Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

12For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.