Matthew 26:41

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““Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.””

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BSBPD

““Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 26:41 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 119:1Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
  2. Psalms 119:4You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
  3. Psalms 119:24Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
  4. Psalms 119:32I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
  5. Psalms 119:35Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
  6. Psalms 119:115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
  7. Psalms 119:117Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
  8. Proverbs 4:14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
  9. Isaiah 26:8Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.
  10. Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
  11. Matthew 24:42Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
  12. Matthew 25:13Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
  13. Matthew 26:38Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”
  14. Mark 13:33Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.
  15. Mark 14:38Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
  16. Luke 8:13The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
  17. Luke 11:4And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”
  18. 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.”
  19. Luke 22:40When He came to the place, He told them, “Pray that you will not enter into temptation.”
  20. Luke 22:46“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
  21. Romans 7:18I 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.
  22. Romans 8:3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
  23. 1 Corinthians 9:27No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
  24. 1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

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