Matthew 26:41

Watch, and pray, that you may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

In Context

40And He comes to the disciples, and finds them sleeping, and He says to Peter, “So! You were not able to watch with Me one hour!

42Again, a second time, having gone away, He prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me except I drink it, Your will be done”;

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Cross References

Psalms 119:4You have commanded us to diligently keep Your precepts,

Psalms 119:32I run the way of Your commands, || For You enlarge my heart!

Psalms 119:115Turn aside from me, you evildoers, || And I keep the commands of my God.

Proverbs 4:14Do not enter into the path of the wicked, || And do not be blessed in a way of evildoers.

Matthew 6:13And may You not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil [one], because Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory—for all ages. Amen.

Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for you have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man comes.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:37-47

The Agony in the Garden. 36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. 39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless… Read the whole commentary →

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