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. ”
Oma mäejutluses andis Jeesus nõu: ” Kui te palvetate, siis ärge palju lobisege, nõnda nagu paganad, sest nad arvavad [ekslikult], et neid kuuldakse nende paljude sõnade tõttu. ”