^26:36Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” ^26:37He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed. ^26:38Then he said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.” ^26:39Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed,⁴⁶ “My Father, if possible,⁴⁷ let this cup⁴⁸ pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.” ^26:40Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He⁴⁹ said to Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with me for one hour? ^26:41Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” ^26:42He went away a second time and prayed,⁵⁰ “My Father, if this cup⁵¹ cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done.” ^26:43He came again and found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open.⁵²^26:44So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing once more.

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Matthew 26:39: And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”

Footnotes

46 Grk “ground, praying and saying.” Here the participle λέγων (legōn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
47 Grk “if it is possible.”
48 This cup alludes to the wrath of God that Jesus would experience (in the form of suffering and death) for us. See Ps 11:6; 75:8–9; Isa 51:17, 19, 22 for this figure.
49 Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
50 Grk “saying.” The participle λέγων (legōn) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.
51 Grk “this”; the referent (the cup) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
52 Grk “because their eyes were weighed down,” an idiom for becoming extremely or excessively sleepy (L&N 23.69).