你们祷告，不可像外邦人，用许多重复话，他们以为话多了必蒙垂听。

你们祷告，不可像外邦人那样重复一些空话，他们以为话多了必蒙垂听。

你们祷告，不可像外邦人那样重复一些空话，他们以为话多了必蒙垂听。

“你们祷告时不可像外族人那样喋喋不休，他们以为长篇大论，就必蒙上帝垂听。

你们祈祷的时候，不可重复无意义的话，像教外人一样，他们以为话多了就蒙垂听。

你们祷告的时候，不要像外邦人那样，重复无意义的话。他们以为话多了就蒙垂听。

你們禱告，不可像外邦人，用許多重複話，他們以為話多了必蒙垂聽。

你們禱告，不可像外邦人那樣重複一些空話，他們以為話多了必蒙垂聽。

你們禱告，不可像外邦人那樣重複一些空話，他們以為話多了必蒙垂聽。

「你們禱告時不可像外族人那樣喋喋不休，他們以為長篇大論，就必蒙上帝垂聽。

你們祈禱的時候，不可重複無意義的話，像教外人一樣，他們以為話多了就蒙垂聽。

『你們禱告，不要嘮嘮叨叨、像外國人一樣；他們以為用了他們那種重複話，才可以蒙垂聽。

你們禱告的時候，不要像外邦人那樣，重複無意義的話。他們以為話多了就蒙垂聽。

爾祈禱、語勿重複、如異邦人、彼以為言多乃得升聞也、

爾祈禱時、語勿反覆、如異邦人、彼以為言多、乃得聲聞也、

且爾祈禱時、語勿反覆、如異邦人、彼以為言多、必蒙聽允、

祈禱時、毋多言、如異邦人之所為；蓋彼以為冗長其辭、必蒙垂聽矣。

And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

When you pray, do not keep talking on and on. That is what ungodly people do. They think they will be heard because they talk a lot.

“ And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

“ When you pray, don’t babble on and on as the Gentiles do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again.

When you pray, don’t babble like the Gentiles, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words.

“ And when you are praying, do not use thoughtless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard because of their many words.

And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.

And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

When you pray, don’t babble like the idolaters, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen[ do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

When you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard.

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

Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.A dream comes when there are many cares, and many words mark the speech of a fool. (niv)

Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore fear God. (niv)

So they took the bull given them and prepared it. Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon.“ Baal, answer us!” they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.At noon Elijah began to taunt them.“ Shout louder!” he said.“ Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.”So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed.Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice. But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention. (niv)

So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing. (niv)

But when they realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours:“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” (niv)

And now, God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David my father come true.“ But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!Yet give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day.May your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, this place of which you said,‘ My Name shall be there,’ so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place.Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.“ When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath and they come and swear the oath before your altar in this temple,then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.“ When your people Israel have been defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you, and when they turn back to you and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication to you in this temple,then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.“ When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them,then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.“ When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come,and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel— being aware of the afflictions of their own hearts, and spreading out their hands toward this temple—then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive and act; deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know their hearts( for you alone know every human heart),so that they will fear you all the time they live in the land you gave our ancestors.“ As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name—for they will hear of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm— when they come and pray toward this temple,then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.“ When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name,then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.“ When they sin against you— for there is no one who does not sin— and you become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive to their own lands, far away or near;and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors and say,‘ We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly’;and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name;then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their captors to show them mercy;for they are your people and your inheritance, whom you brought out of Egypt, out of that iron-smelting furnace.“ May your eyes be open to your servant’s plea and to the plea of your people Israel, and may you listen to them whenever they cry out to you.For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance, just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, Sovereign Lord, brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”When Solomon had finished all these prayers and supplications to the Lord, he rose from before the altar of the Lord, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven. (niv)

Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed,“ My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” (niv)

For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. (niv)

If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector. (niv)

Give ear, our God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy.Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act! For your sake, my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.” (niv)

He went away a second time and prayed,“ My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.” (niv)