The Prayer in the Garden

36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane,(A) and he told the disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 Taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.(B) 38 He said to them, “I am deeply grieved[a] to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”(C) 39 Going a little farther,[b] he fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 26:38 Lit “My soul is swallowed up in sorrow
  2. 26:39 Other mss read Drawing nearer

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