Mark 14:38
“Watch ye and pray, lest yee enter into temptation: The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weake.”
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Mark 14:38 Context
36And he said, Abba, father, all things are possible vnto thee, take away this cup from me: Neuerthelesse, not that I will, but what thou wilt. 37And hee commeth, and findeth them sleeping, and saith vnto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? Couldest not thou watch one houre? 38Watch ye and pray, lest yee enter into temptation: The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weake. 39And againe he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words. 40And when he returned, he found them asleepe againe, (for their eies were heauie) neither wist they what to answere him.
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Commentary for Mark 14:38
Mark 14:38 Inspirational Image
Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly [is] ready, but the flesh [is] weak.
- King James Version
"Keep watching and praying that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test; the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
- Basic English Bible
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed [is] willing, but the flesh weak.
- Darby Bible
Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
- Webster's Bible
Be wakeful, all of you, and keep on praying, that you may not come into temptation: the spirit is right willing, but the body is frail."
- Weymouth Bible
Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
- World English Bible
Wake ye, and `preie ye, that ye entre not in to temptacioun; for the spirit is redi, but the fleische is sijk.
- Wycliffe Bible
Watch ye and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'
- Youngs Literal Bible