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He took Peter, James, and John with him. He plunged into a sinkhole of dreadful agony.
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He told them, "I feel bad enough right now to die. Stay here and keep vigil with me."
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Going a little ahead, he fell to the ground and prayed for a way out:
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"Papa, Father, you can - can't you? - get me out of this. Take this cup away from me. But please, not what I want - what do you want?"
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He came back and found them sound asleep. He said to Peter, "Simon, you went to sleep on me? Can't you stick it out with me a single hour?
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Stay alert, be in prayer, so you don't enter the danger zone without even knowing it. Don't be naive. Part of you is eager, ready for anything in God; but another part is as lazy as an old dog sleeping by the fire."
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He then went back and prayed the same prayer.
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Returning, he again found them sound asleep. They simply couldn't keep their eyes open, and they didn't have a plausible excuse.
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He came back a third time and said, "Are you going to sleep all night? No - you've slept long enough. Time's up. The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.
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Get up. Let's get going. My betrayer has arrived."
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No sooner were the words out of his mouth when Judas, the one out of the Twelve, showed up, and with him a gang of ruffians, sent by the high priests, religion scholars, and leaders, brandishing swords and clubs.