41 Stay awake and pray that you will not enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak!” 42 Again for the second time he went away and[a] prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will must be done.” 43 And he came again and[b] found them sleeping, for they could not keep their eyes open.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:42 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went away”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Matthew 26:43 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came again”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. Matthew 26:43 Literally “for their eyes were weighed down”

41 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.(A) The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

42 He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”(B)

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

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