Mark 14:38
Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
In Context
39Again He went away and prayed, saying the same thing.
Cross References
Matthew 24:42Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
Matthew 26:41“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
Luke 21:36So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Luke 22:46“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
1 Corinthians 16:13Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.
Philippians 2:12Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
Matthew Henry on Mark 14:33-43
The Agony in the Garden. 32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. 33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. 35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible… Read the whole commentary →