Mark 14:35-37

International Children’s Bible

³⁵Jesus walked a little farther away from them. Then he fell on the ground and prayed. He prayed that, if possible, he would not have this time of suffering. ³⁶He prayed, “Abba,^[a] Father! You can do all things. Let me not have this cup^[b] of suffering. But do what you want, not what I want.”

³⁷Then Jesus went back to his followers. He found them asleep. He said to Peter, “Simon, why are you sleeping? You could not stay awake with me for one hour?

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Footnotes

14:36 Abba Name that a child called his father.
14:36 cup Jesus is talking about the bad things that will happen to him. Accepting these things will be very hard, like drinking a cup of something that tastes very bitter.