Jesus Prays in the Garden of Gethsemane^(A)

³⁶ Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane. He told the disciples, “Sit down here while I go over there and pray.” ³⁷ Taking Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him, he began to be grieved and troubled. ³⁸ Then he told them, “I’m so deeply grieved that I feel I’m about to die. Wait here and stay awake with me.”

³⁹ Going on a little farther, he fell on his face and prayed, “O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not what I want but what you want.”

⁴⁰ When he went back to the disciples, he found them asleep. He told Peter, “So, you men couldn’t stay awake with me for one hour, could you? ⁴¹ All of you must stay awake and pray that you won’t be tempted. The spirit is indeed willing, but the body^[a] is weak.”

⁴² He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot go away unless I drink it, let your will be done.” ⁴³ Then he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open. ⁴⁴ After leaving them again, he went away and prayed again for the third time, saying the same thing.

⁴⁵ Then he came back to the disciples and told them, “You might as well keep on sleeping and resting.^[b] Look! The time is near for the Son of Man to be betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴⁶ Get up! Let’s go! See, the one who is betraying me is near!”

Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives^(A)

³⁹ Then he left and went to the Mount of Olives, as usual. The disciples went with him. ⁴⁰ When he arrived, he told them, “Keep on praying that you may not be tempted.” ⁴¹ Then he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and began to pray, ⁴² “Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but yours be done.”

⁴³ Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. ⁴⁴ In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like large drops of blood falling on the ground.^[a]

⁴⁵ When he got up from prayer, he went to the disciples and found them asleep from sorrow. ⁴⁶ He asked them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and keep on praying that you may not be tempted.”