Mark 14:38

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Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

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  • Matt 26:41 : 41 "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
  • Luke 22:40 : 40 When he came to the place, he said to them, "Pray that you may not enter into temptation."
  • Luke 22:46 : 46 He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray, so that you will not fall into temptation."
  • Rom 7:18-25 : 18 For I 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. 19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. 21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in my members, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
  • Mark 14:34 : 34 He said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch."
  • Luke 21:36 : 36 Be vigilant and pray at all times, so that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.
  • Matt 24:42 : 42 Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
  • Rev 3:2-3 : 2 Be alert and strengthen what remains, which is about to die. For I have not found your works complete in the sight of God. 3 Remember, then, what you have received and heard; keep it and repent. If you are not alert, I will come unexpectedly like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.
  • Rev 3:10 : 10 Because you have kept my command to endure, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is coming upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth.
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
  • Matt 25:13 : 13 Therefore, watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
  • 1 Cor 16:13 : 13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strong.
  • Gal 5:17 : 17 For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want to do.
  • Phil 2:12 : 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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  • Matt 26:36-46
    11 verses
    95%

    36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and He said to His disciples, "Sit here while I go over there and pray."

    37 Taking Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with Him, He began to be sorrowful and troubled.

    38 Then He said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me."

    39 Going 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."

    40 Then He returned to His disciples and found them sleeping. "Couldn't you men keep watch with Me for one hour?" He asked Peter.

    41 "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

    42 A second time He went away and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done."

    43 When He came back, He again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy.

    44 So He left them and went away once more and prayed a third time, saying the same thing.

    45 Then He came back to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour has come, and the Son of Man is being handed over to sinners.

    46 Get up, let us go. Look, the one who is betraying Me is near.

  • Mark 14:30-37
    8 verses
    88%

    30 Truly I tell you," Jesus answered, "today—yes, tonight—before the rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny me three times."

    31 But Peter insisted strongly, "Even if I have to die with you, I will not deny you!" And all the others said the same.

    32 They came to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."

    33 He took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled.

    34 He said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch."

    35 Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.

    36 "Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."

    37 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. "Simon," he said to Peter, "are you asleep? Couldn't you keep watch for one hour?

  • Mark 14:39-42
    4 verses
    84%

    39 Once more he went away and prayed the same thing.

    40 When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to him.

    41 Returning the third time, he said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners.

    42 Rise! Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!"

  • Luke 22:40-46
    7 verses
    83%

    40 When he came to the place, he said to them, "Pray that you may not enter into temptation."

    41 He withdrew about a stone’s throw away from them, knelt down, and began to pray.

    42 He said, "Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will, but yours be done."

    43 Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.

    44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

    45 When he rose from prayer and came to his disciples, he found them asleep, overwhelmed with sorrow.

    46 He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray, so that you will not fall into temptation."

  • Mark 13:35-37
    3 verses
    77%

    35 Therefore, stay alert, because you do not know when the master of the house will come—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn.

    36 Otherwise, when he comes suddenly, he may find you sleeping.

    37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: Stay alert!

  • Mark 13:33
    76%

    33 Be on guard! Stay alert and pray, because you do not know when the time will come.

  • Luke 21:36
    76%

    36 Be vigilant and pray at all times, so that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.

  • Luke 22:31-34
    4 verses
    73%

    31 Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to sift you all like wheat.

    32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.

    33 But Peter replied, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death."

    34 Jesus said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know me."

  • Luke 18:1
    72%

    1 Jesus told them a parable to show that they should always pray and not give up.

  • Luke 12:39-40
    2 verses
    71%

    39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

    40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.

  • Mark 1:35
    71%

    35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went to a solitary place where he prayed.

  • 1 Pet 4:7
    70%

    7 The end of all things is near. Therefore, be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.

  • Matt 14:25
    70%

    25 During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went to them, walking on the sea.

  • Matt 17:21
    70%

    21 'However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.'

  • Matt 24:42
    70%

    42 Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

  • Luke 6:12
    70%

    12 During those days, Jesus went out to a mountain to pray, and He spent the entire night praying to God.

  • Mark 14:27
    69%

    27 Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

  • 1 Thess 5:6
    69%

    6 So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us be alert and sober.