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Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives

Luke 22:42

In 9 translations

BSB
“Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”
KJV
Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
WEB
saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”
ASV
saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
LSV
saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me, but not My will, but Yours be done.”
YLT
saying, 'Father, if Thou be counselling to make this cup pass from me — ;but, not my will, but Thine be done.' —
DBY
saying, Father, if thou wilt remove this cup from me: — but then, not my will, but thine be done.
DRC
Saying: Father, if thou wilt, remove this chalice from me: but yet not my will, but thine be done.
GNV
Saying, Father, if thou wilt, take away this cuppe from mee: neuerthelesse, not my will, but thine be done.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read παρένεγκε (“do take away”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read παρενεγκεῖν (“to take away”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read γινέσθω (“should be [done]”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read γενέσθω (“should be [done]”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place τοῦτο elsewhere in this verse.
  • Spelling of γινέσθω: Tyndale House: γεινέσθω.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: παρένεγκε. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read παρένεγκε; Robinson–Pierpont read παρενεγκεῖν.
  • SBLGNT: τοῦτο τὸ ποτήριον. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τοῦτο τὸ ποτήριον; Robinson–Pierpont read τὸ ποτήριον τοῦτο.
  • SBLGNT: γινέσθω. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read γινέσθω; Robinson–Pierpont read γενέσθω.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
λέγων· Πάτερ, εἰ βούλει παρένεγκε τοῦτο τὸ ποτήριον ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ· πλὴν μὴ τὸ θέλημά μου ἀλλὰ τὸ σὸν γινέσθω.
RP2018
λέγων, Πάτερ, εἰ βούλει παρενεγκεῖν τὸ ποτήριον τοῦτο ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ· πλὴν μὴ τὸ θέλημά μου, ἀλλὰ τὸ σὸν γενέσθω.
TR-Boyd
λέγων, Πάτερ, εἰ βούλει παρενεγκεῖν τὸ ποτήριον τοῦτο ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ· πλὴν μὴ τὸ θέλημά μου, ἀλλὰ τὸ σὸν γενέσθω.βούλει παρενεγκεῖν ¦ βούλει, παρένεγκε SCR
SCR1894
λεγων πατερ ει βουλει παρενεγκε το ποτηριον τουτο απ εμου πλην μη το θελημα μου αλλα το σον γενεσθω

Who and where

👤 God◆ Holy Week◆ Prayer and Betrayal in Gethsemane

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 12:27–28Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour. Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified…
  • Matthew 26:39Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
  • Matthew 26:42A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”
  • Mark 14:36“Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.”
  • Psalms 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
  • John 18:11“Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?”
  • Matthew 20:22“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.
  • John 5:30I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
  • John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
  • Hebrews 10:7–10Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’” In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor…
  • John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
  • Luke 22:17–20After taking the cup, He gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves. For I tell you that I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.” And He took the…
  • Isaiah 51:22Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.
  • Matthew 26:44So He left them and went away once more and prayed a third time, saying the same thing.
  • Jeremiah 25:15This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
  • Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs— the cup that makes men stagger.

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