In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus counseled: “When praying, do not say the same things over and over again, just as the people of the nations do, for they [mistakenly] imagine they will get a hearing for their use of many words. ”
Savā Kalna sprediķī Jēzus deva šādu padomu: ” Lūdzot Dievu, nerunājiet daudz kā pagāni, kas domā, ka daudzo vārdu dēļ tiks uzklausīti! ”