Matthew 26:41

Be watchful and pray, that you enter not into temptation. The spirit is ready, but the body is infirm.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 sleeping; and he said to Kipha, How, could you not for one hour watch with me?

42Again he went the second time, and prayed, and said, My Father, if it be not possible for this cup to pass, unless I drink it, be done thy will!

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Cross References

Matthew 6:13and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory to the age of ages.

Matthew 25:13Be wakeful therefore, for you know not that 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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