Matthew 26:36-38

Contemporary English Version

Jesus Prays

(Mark 14.32-42; Luke 22.39-46)

³⁶ Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane. When they got there, he told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

³⁷ Jesus took along Peter and the two brothers, James and John.^[a] He was very sad and troubled, ³⁸ and he said to them, “I am so sad that I feel as if I am dying. Stay here and keep awake with me.”