Mark 14:38
Watch and pray,” he said to them all, “so that you may not fall into temptation. True, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Open English Bible (US)
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 in the same words;
Cross References
Matthew 24:42Therefore watch; for you cannot be sure on what day your Master is coming.
Matthew 26:41Watch and pray so that you don’t fall into temptation. True, the spirit is eager, but human nature is weak.”
Luke 21:36Be on the watch at all times, and pray that you may have strength to escape all that is destined to happen, and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man.”
Luke 22:46“Why are you asleep?” he asked them. “Rise and pray so that you don’t fall into temptation.”
1 Corinthians 16:13Be watchful; stand firm in your faith; be brave; be strong.
Philippians 2:12Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient in the past, so now work out your own salvation with anxious care, not only when I am with you, but all the more now that I am absent.
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 →