The Importance of Watching^(A)

³⁴ “But ^(B)take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with ^[a]carousing, drunkenness, and ^(C)cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. ³⁵ For ^(D)it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. ^36 (E)Watch therefore, and ^(F)pray always that you may ^[b]be counted ^(G)worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and ^(H)to stand before the Son of Man.”

³⁷ And He took with Him Peter and ^(A)the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. ³⁸ Then He said to them, ^(B)“My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”

³⁹ He went a little farther and fell on His face, and ^(C)prayed, saying, ^(D)“O My Father, if it is possible, ^(E)let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, ^(F)not as I will, but as You will.”

⁴⁰ Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour?