Luke 22:42

The Passion Translation

“Father, if you are willing, take this cup of agony away from me. But no matter what, your will must be mine.”

Cross References

Psalm 40:8

I delight to fulfill your will, my God, for your living words are written upon the pages of my heart.”

Isaiah 51:17

Wake up! Wake up! Get up, Jerusalem! You have drunk enough from the cup Yahweh handed you. It was the cup of his anger, and you’ve drained it dry— the intoxicating bowl that makes men stagger!

Isaiah 51:22

This is what your sovereign ruler, Lord Yahweh, your God, the Mighty Defender of his people, says: “Look! I have removed from your hand the intoxicating cup that made you stagger. You will no longer drink from the bowl of my anger.

Jeremiah 25:15

Yahweh, Israel’s God, spoke these words to me: “Jeremiah, take this cup from my hand; it is the cup of the wine of my wrath. Make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.

Matthew 11:25

Then Jesus exclaimed, “Father, thank you, for you are Lord, the Supreme Ruler over heaven and earth! And you have hidden the great revelation of your authority from those who are proud and think they are wise and unveiled it instead to little children.

Matthew 11:26

Yes, Father, you’ve chosen this gracious plan to extend your kingdom.

Matthew 20:22

Jesus replied, “You don’t know what you are asking.” Then, looking in the eyes of Jacob and John, Jesus said, “Are you prepared to drink from the cup of suffering that I am about to drink? And are you able to endure the baptism into death that I am about to endure?” They answered him, “Yes, we are able.”

Matthew 26:39

Then he walked a short distance away, and overcome with grief, he threw himself facedown on the ground and prayed, “My Father, if there is any way you can deliver me from this suffering, please take it from me. Yet what I want is not important, for I only desire to fulfill your plan for me.” Then an angel from heaven appeared to strengthen him.

Matthew 26:42

Then he left them for a second time to pray in solitude. He said to God, “My Father, if there is not a way that you can deliver me from this suffering, then your will must be done.”

Matthew 26:44

So he left them and went away to pray the same prayer for the third time.

Matthew 6:10

Manifest your kingdom realm, and cause your every purpose to be fulfilled on earth, just as it is in heaven.

Mark 14:36

He prayed, “Abba, my Father, all things are possible for you. Please—remove this cup of suffering! Yet what I want is not important, for I only desire to fulfill your plan for me.”

Luke 23:34

While they were nailing Jesus to the cross, he prayed over and over, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they’re doing.” The soldiers, after they crucified him, gambled over his clothing.

John 18:11

Jesus ordered Peter, “Put your sword away! Do you really think I will avoid the suffering which my Father has assigned to me?”

John 4:34

To clarify, Jesus spoke up and said, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and bring it to completion.”

John 5:30

“Nothing I do is from my own initiative. As I hear the judgment passed by my Father, I execute those judgments. And my judgments will be perfect, because I seek only to fulfill the desires of my Father who sent me.

John 6:38

And I have come out of heaven not for my own desires, but for the satisfaction of my Father who sent me.

Acts 21:14

Because we couldn’t persuade him, we gave up and said nothing more except “May the will of the Lord be done.”