Bible verse
“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
Luke 22:46 · BSB
The verses around it, from Luke 22.
42 “Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”
43 Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him and strengthened Him.
44 And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
45 When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
46 “Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
47 While He was still speaking, a crowd arrived, led by the man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached Jesus to kiss Him.
48 But Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”
49 Those around Jesus saw what was about to happen and said, “Lord, should we strike with our swords?”
50 And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.
KJV
And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
ASV
and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.
ERV
and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.
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