Matthew 26:41

The Passion Translation

Keep alert and pray that you’ll be spared from this time of testing. Your spirit is eager enough, but your humanity is weak.”

Cross References

Psalm 119:1

You’re only truly happy when you walk in total integrity, walking in the light of God’s Word.

Psalm 119:115

Go away! Leave me, all you workers of wickedness, for you can’t stop me from following every command of my God.

Psalm 119:117

Lift me up and I will be safe. Empower me to live every moment in the light of your ways.

Psalm 119:32

I will run after you with delight in my heart, for you will make me obedient to your instructions.

Matthew 24:42

This is why you must stay alert: because no one knows the day your Lord will come.

Matthew 25:13

“That is the reason you should always stay awake and be alert, because you don’t know the day or the hour when the Bridegroom will appear.”

Matthew 26:38

And he said to them, “My heart is overwhelmed and crushed with grief. It feels as though I’m dying. Stay here and keep watch with me.”

Matthew 6:13

Rescue us every time we face tribulation and set us free from evil. For you are the King who rules with power and glory forever. Amen.’

Mark 14:38

Keep alert and pray that you’ll be spared from this time of testing. For your spirit is eager enough, but your humanity is feeble.”

Luke 11:4

Forgive our sins as we ourselves release forgiveness to those who have wronged us. And rescue us every time we face tribulations.”

Luke 21:36

Keep a constant watch over your soul, and pray for the courage and grace to prevail over these things that are destined to occur and that you will stand before the presence of the Son of Man with a clear conscience.”

Luke 22:40

There he told the apostles, “Keep praying for strength to be spared from the severe test of your faith that is about to come.”

Luke 22:46

“Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “You need to be alert and pray for the strength to endure the great temptation.”

Luke 8:13

The seeds falling on gravel represents those who initially respond to the word with joy, but soon afterward, when a season of difficulty and harassment of the enemy comes to them, they wither and fall away, for they have no root in the truth and their faith is temporary.

Romans 8:3

For God achieved what the law was unable to accomplish, because the law was limited by the weakness of human nature. Yet God sent us his Son in human form to identify with human weakness. Clothed with humanity, God’s Son gave his body to be the sin-offering so that God could once and for all condemn the guilt and power of sin.

1 Corinthians 10:13

We all experience times of testing, which is normal for every human being. But God will be faithful to you. He will screen and filter the severity, nature, and timing of every test or trial you face so that you can bear it. And each test is an opportunity to trust him more, for along with every trial God has provided for you a way of escape that will bring you out of it victoriously.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Remember to stay alert and hold firmly to all that you believe. Be mighty and full of courage.

1 Corinthians 9:27

but I train like a champion athlete. I subdue my body and get it under my control, so that after preaching the good news to others I myself won’t be disqualified.

Galatians 5:24

Keep in mind that we who belong to Jesus Christ have already experienced crucifixion. For everything connected with our self-life was put to death on the cross and crucified with Messiah.

1 Peter 4:7

Since we are approaching the end of all things, be intentional, purposeful, and self-controlled so that you can be given to prayer.

1 Peter 5:8

Be well balanced and always alert, because your enemy, the devil, roams around incessantly, like a roaring lion looking for its prey to devour.

2 Peter 2:9

If the Lord Yahweh rescued Lot, he knows how to continually rescue the godly from their trials and to reserve the ungodly for punishment on the day of judgment.

Revelation 16:15

“Behold, I come like a thief! God’s blessing is with the one who remains awake and fully clothed in me and will not walk about naked, exposed to disgrace.”

Revelation 3:10

Because you’ve passionately kept my message of perseverance, I will also keep you from the hour of proving that is coming to test every person on earth.