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Mark 14:38

Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

KJV

γρηγορεῖτε καὶ προσεύχεσθε, ἵνα μὴ ἔλθητε εἰς πειρασμόν. τὸ μὲν πνεῦμα πρόθυμον, ἡ δὲ σὰρξ ἀσθενής.

Greek NT

vigilate et orate, ut non intretis in tentationem. Spiritus quidem promptus est, caro vero infirma.

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γρηγορεύω
gregoreuo
verb · 22×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
πειρασμός
peirasmos
noun · 21×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
προσεύχομαι
proseuchomai
verb · 85×
πρόθυμος
prothumos
adjective · 3×
σάρξ
sarx
noun · 147×
ἀσθενής
asthenes
adjective · 25×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἔλθητε | WH/NIV: ἔλθητε | Treg/RP: εἰσέλθητε
  • ἔλθητεSBLGNT
  • ἔλθητεWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • εἰσέλθητεTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2849Such a battle and such a victory become possible only through prayer. It is by his prayer that Jesus vanquishes the tempter, both at the outset of his public mission and in the ultimate struggle of his agony.159 In this petition to our heavenly Father, Christ unites us to his battle and his agony. He urges us to vigilance of the heart in communion with his own. Vigilance is "cu…
For whosoever does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, is antichrist; and whosoever does not confess the testimony of the cross, is of the devil; and whosoever perverts the oracles of the Lord to his own lusts, and says that there is neither a resurrection nor a judgment, he is the first-born of Satan.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 16:13 — Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
  • 1Pet 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • Eph 6:18 — Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
  • Gal 5:17 — For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
  • Luke 21:36 — Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
  • Luke 22:40 — And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.
  • Luke 22:46 — And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
  • Mark 14:34 — And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
  • Matt 6:13 — And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
  • Matt 14:30 — But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
  • Matt 24:42 — Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
  • Matt 25:13 — Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
  • Matt 26:41 — Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
  • Matt 26:41 — Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
  • Phil 2:12 — Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
  • Prov 4:23 — Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
  • Rev 3:2 — Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
  • Rev 3:10 — Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
  • Rev 16:15 — Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
  • Rom 7:18 — For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.