Mark 14:38
Be wakeful, all of you, and keep on praying, that you may not come into temptation: the spirit is right willing, but the body is frail."
Weymouth NT (1912)
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
39He again went away and prayed, using the very same words.
Cross References
Matthew 24:42Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on which your Lord is coming.
Matthew 26:41Keep awake, and pray that you may not enter into temptation: the spirit is right willing, but the body is frail."
Luke 21:36But beware of slumbering; and every moment pray that you may be fully strengthened to escape from all these coming evils, and to take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man."
Luke 22:46"Why are you sleeping?" He said; "stand up; and pray that you may not come into temptation."
1 Corinthians 16:13Be on the alert; stand firm in the faith; acquit yourselves like men; be strong.
Philippians 2:12Therefore, my dearly-loved friends, as I have always found you obedient, labour earnestly with fear and trembling--not merely as though I were present with you, but much more now since I am absent from you--labour earnestly, I say, to make sure of your own salvation.
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 →