Matthew 26:42 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴² He [then] went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if this [cup of suffering] cannot pass away unless I drink it [i.e., experience the suffering], [then] let what You want be done.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴² He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴² Again a second time He went away and prayed, My Father, if this cannot pass by unless I drink it, Your will be done.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴² Again a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, My Father, if this cannot pass away, except I drink it, thy will be done.

Common English Bible

⁴² A second time he went away and prayed, “My Father, if it’s not possible that this cup be taken away unless I drink it, then let it be what you want.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴² Again, a second time, he went and prayed, saying, "My Father, if this chalice cannot pass away, unless I drink it, let your will be done."

Matthew 26:42 Cross References

Matthew 26:39

And He went on ahead a short distance and fell face-down and prayed, “My Father, allow this cup [i.e., of suffering] to pass away from me if it is [at all] possible; nevertheless, let it not be what I want, but what You want [for me].”

Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a head priest who is incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but One [i.e., Jesus] who has been tempted in every way that we have, and yet without sinning.

Matthew 6:10

May your kingdom come [to earth]; may your will be done on earth just as it is [already being done] in heaven.

Matthew 20:22

But Jesus replied to her, “You [really] do not know what you are asking for. Are you able to drink the cup [i.e., of suffering] that I am about to drink?” They [i.e., James, John and their mother. See Mark 10:35ff] answered, “[Yes] we are able to.”

Matthew 26:43

And He came [back] again and found them asleep, because they had not been able to keep their eyes open.

Mark 14:36

So, He said, “Abba, [which means] Father, everything is possible with you. Take this cup [i.e., of suffering] away from me; however, let it not be what I want but what you want for me.”

Luke 22:42

saying, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup [i.e., of suffering] away from me; nevertheless, let it not be what I want, but what you want [for me].”

John 6:38

For I have come down from heaven to do what God, who sent me, wants me to do, not what I want to do.