³⁷ He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee^(A) along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. ³⁸ Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow^(B) to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”^(C)

³⁹ Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup^(D) be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”^(E)

⁴⁰ Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me^(F) for one hour?” he asked Peter. ⁴¹ “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.^(G) The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

⁴² He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”^(H)

⁴³ When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. ⁴⁴ So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.

³⁴ “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,”^(A) he said to them. “Stay here and keep watch.”

³⁵ Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour^(B) might pass from him. ³⁶ “Abba,^[a] Father,”^(C) he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup^(D) from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”^(E)

³⁷ Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Simon,” he said to Peter, “are you asleep? Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour? ³⁸ Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.^(F) The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”^(G)

³⁹ Once more he went away and prayed the same thing. ⁴⁰ When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to him.

⁴¹ Returning the third time, he said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The hour^(H) has come. Look, the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners. ⁴² Rise! Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!”

⁴² “Father, if you are willing, take this cup^(A) from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”^{(B) 43} An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.^{(C) 44} And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.^[a]