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Matthew 26:42 β€” Meaning and Application

King James Version

β€œAnd he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.”

Matthew 26:42

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40

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed {is} willing, but the flesh {is} weak.

41

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.

42

And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.

43

And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

44

Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take {your} rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

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