Mark 14:38
Watch and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit is willing and ready, but the body is weak.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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
39And he went again and prayed, speaking the same language.
Cross References
Matthew 24:42Watch, therefore, since ye know not at what hour your Lord cometh.
Matthew 26:41Wake ye, and pray, lest ye fall into temptation. The mind is prepared, but the body is infirm.
Luke 21:36Be ye therefore vigilant, at all times, and prayerful; that ye may be worthy to escape the things that are to take place, and may stand before the Son of man.
Luke 22:46And he said to them: Why sleep ye? Arise, and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
1 Corinthians 16:13Watch ye, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be valiant.
Philippians 2:12Therefore, my beloved, as ye have at all times obeyed, not only when I was near to you, but now when I am far from you, prosecute the work of your life, more abundantly, with fear and with 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 →