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40 When they got there, he told them, “Pray that you won't be tested.”

41 Jesus walked on a little way before he knelt down and prayed, 42 “Father, if you will, please don't make me suffer by drinking from this cup.[a] But do what you want, and not what I want.”

43 Then an angel from heaven came to help him. 44 Jesus was in great pain and prayed so sincerely that his sweat fell to the ground like drops of blood.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 22.42 drinking from this cup: In the Scriptures “to drink from a cup” sometimes means to suffer.
  2. 22.43,44 Then an angel … like drops of blood: Verses 43,44 are not in some manuscripts.

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