Mark 14:32-42

The Prayer in Gethsemane

32 And they came to a place {named} Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."

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

34 And he said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake."

35 And going forward a little he fell to the ground and began to pray that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from him.

36 And he said, "Abba, Father, all [things] [are] possible for you! Take away this cup from me! Yet not what I will, but what you [will]."

37 And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Were you not able to stay awake one hour?

38 Stay awake and pray that you will not enter into temptation. The spirit [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak!"

39 And again he went away [and] prayed, saying the same thing.

40 And again he came [and] found them sleeping, {for they could not keep their eyes open}, and they did not know what to reply to him.

41 And he came the third [time] and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough! The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

42 Get up, let us go! Behold, the one who is betraying me is approaching!"

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "the name of which"
• [b]. The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to pray")
• [c]. The word "Abba" means "father" in Aramaic
• [d]. *Here the verb "[will]" is an understood repetition of the verb earlier in this verse
• [e]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("went away") has been translated as a finite verb
• [f]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("came") has been translated as a finite verb
• [g]. Literally "for their eyes were weighed down"