Matthew 26:41

Watch and pray so that you don’t fall into temptation. True, the spirit is eager, but human nature is weak.”

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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

40Then he came to his disciples, and found them asleep. “What!” he said to Peter, “could none of you watch with me for one hour?

42Again, a second time, he went away, and prayed. “My Father,” he said, “if I cannot be spared this cup, but must drink it, your will be done!”

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Cross References

Psalms 119:4You yourself have appointed your precepts to be kept with diligence.

Psalms 119:32I will run in the way of your commandments, for you give me room of heart.

Psalms 119:115Begone, you wicked people, I will keep the commands of my God.

Matthew 6:13and take us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.’

Matthew 25:13Therefore watch, since you know neither the day nor the hour.

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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