Now, in the evening Jesus, Peter, James and John, with Lazarus, went out beyond the village gates to pray. And Lazarus said, Teach me to pray.
2 And Jesus said, The prayer I taught the twelve to pray while we were up in Galilee is one acceptable to God; and when you pray just say,
3 Our Father-God who art in heaven; holy is thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven;
4 Give us this day our needed bread;
5 Help us forget the debts that other people owe to us, that all our debts may be discharged;
6 And shield us from the tempter’s snares that are too great for us to bear;
7 And when they come give us the strength to overcome.
8 And Jesus said, The answer to your prayer may not appear in fulness in a little time.
9 Be not discouraged; pray again and then again, for God will hear.
10 And then he spoke a parable; he said, A housewife was alone at night and, lo, some guests arrived, and they were hungry, having had no food for all the day.