Jesus Prays at Gethsemane
Mark 14:38
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
- KJV
- Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
- WEB
- Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
- ASV
- Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
- LSV
- Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.”
- YLT
- Watch ye and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'
- DBY
- Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed [is] willing, but the flesh weak.
- DRC
- Watch ye, and pray that you enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
- GNV
- Watch ye, and pray, that ye enter not into tentation: the spirite in deede is ready, but the flesh is weake.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort read ἔλθητε (“you may enter”); Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read εἰσέλθητε (“you may enter in”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ἔλθητε. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔλθητε; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read εἰσέλθητε.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- γρηγορεῖτε καὶ προσεύχεσθε, ἵνα μὴ ἔλθητε εἰς πειρασμόν· τὸ μὲν πνεῦμα πρόθυμον ἡ δὲ σὰρξ ἀσθενής.
- RP2018
- Γρηγορεῖτε καὶ προσεύχεσθε, ἵνα μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς πειρασμόν. Τὸ μὲν πνεῦμα πρόθυμον, ἡ δὲ σὰρξ ἀσθενής.
- TR-Boyd
- Γρηγορεῖτε καὶ προσεύχεσθε, ἵνα μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς πειρασμόν. Τὸ μὲν πνεῦμα πρόθυμον, ἡ δὲ σὰρξ ἀσθενής.
- SCR1894
- γρηγορειτε και προσευχεσθε ινα μη εισελθητε εις πειρασμον το μεν πνευμα προθυμον η δε σαρξ ασθενης
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- Matthew 26:41“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
- Luke 21:36So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
- Matthew 24:42Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
- Romans 7:18–25I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to…
- Luke 22:40When He came to the place, He told them, “Pray that you will not enter into temptation.”
- Revelation 3:2–3Wake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God. Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I…
- Luke 22:46“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
- Galatians 5:17For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
- Mark 14:34Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.”
- 1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- 1 Corinthians 16:13Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.
- Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
- Matthew 25:13Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
- Revelation 3:10Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
- Philippians 2:12Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
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