Luke 22:46

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

““Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.””

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BSBPD

““Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and he said to them, `Why do ye sleep? having risen, pray that ye may not enter into temptation.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 22:46 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 6:4Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
  2. Jonah 1:6The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
  3. Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
  4. Luke 22:40When He came to the place, He told them, “Pray that you will not enter into temptation.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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