Mark 14:38

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Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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  • Matt 26:41 : 41 Stay awake and pray 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 will not fall into temptation.”
  • Luke 22:46 : 46 So he said to them,“Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray 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 want to do the good, but I cannot do it. 19 For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want! 20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer me doing it but sin that lives in me. 21 So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I delight in the law of God in my inner being. 23 But I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members. 24 Wretched man that 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 deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay alert.”
  • Luke 21:36 : 36 But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
  • Matt 24:42 : 42 “Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
  • Rev 3:2-3 : 2 Wake up then, and strengthen what remains that was about to die, because I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God. 3 Therefore, remember what you received and heard, and obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come against you.
  • Rev 3:10 : 10 Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
  • Matt 25:13 : 13 Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour.
  • 1 Cor 16:13 : 13 Final Challenge and Blessing Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong.
  • Gal 5:17 : 17 For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to each other, so that you cannot do what you want.
  • Phil 2:12 : 12 Lights in the World So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence,
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.

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  • Matt 26:36-46
    11 verses
    95%

    36Gethsemane Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples,“Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

    37He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed.

    38Then he said to them,“My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”

    39Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed,“My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

    40Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter,“So, couldn’t you stay awake with me for one hour?

    41Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

    42He went away a second time and prayed,“My Father, if this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done.”

    43He came again and found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open.

    44So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing once more.

    45Then he came to the disciples and said to them,“Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is approaching, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

    46Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!”

  • Mark 14:30-37
    8 verses
    88%

    30Jesus said to him,“I tell you the truth, today– this very night– before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”

    31But Peter insisted emphatically,“Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all of them said the same thing.

    32Gethsemane Then they went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples,“Sit here while I pray.”

    33He took Peter, James, and John with him, and became very troubled and distressed.

    34He said to them,“My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay alert.”

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

    36He said,“Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

    37Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter,“Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you stay awake for one hour?

  • Mark 14:39-42
    4 verses
    84%

    39He went away again and prayed the same thing.

    40When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to tell him.

    41He came a third time and said to them,“Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough of that! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

    42Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!”

  • Luke 22:40-46
    7 verses
    83%

    40When he came to the place, he said to them,“Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”

    41He went away from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed,

    42“Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but yours be done.”[

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

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

    45When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, exhausted from grief.

    46So he said to them,“Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation!”

  • Mark 13:35-37
    3 verses
    77%

    35Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return– whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn–

    36or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.

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

  • Mark 13:33
    76%

    33Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come.

  • Luke 21:36
    76%

    36But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

  • Luke 22:31-34
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    73%

    31“Simon, Simon, pay attention! Satan has demanded to have you all, to sift you like wheat,

    32but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

    33But Peter said to him,“Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!”

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

  • Luke 18:1
    72%

    1Prayer and the Parable of the Persistent Widow Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.

  • Luke 12:39-40
    2 verses
    71%

    39But 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.

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

  • Mark 1:35
    71%

    35Praying and Preaching Then Jesus got up early in the morning when it was still very dark, departed, and went out to a deserted place, and there he spent time in prayer.

  • 1 Pet 4:7
    70%

    7Service, Suffering, and Judgment For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.

  • Matt 14:25
    70%

    25As the night was ending, Jesus came to them walking on the sea.

  • Matt 24:42
    70%

    42“Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

  • Luke 6:12
    70%

    12Choosing the Twelve Apostles Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God.

  • Mark 14:27
    69%

    27The Prediction of Peter’s Denial Then 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%

    6So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.