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Matthew 26:41 - Compare All Versions

Matthew 26:41 NIV (New International Version)

“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Matthew 26:41 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Matthew 26:41 NLT (New Living Translation)

Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak!”

Matthew 26:41 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Matthew 26:41 KJV (King James Version)

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

Matthew 26:41 NKJV (New King James Version)

Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Matthew 26:40-41 MSG (The Message)

When he came back to his disciples, he found them sound asleep. He said to Peter, “Can’t you stick it out with me a single hour? Stay alert; be in prayer so you don’t wander into temptation without even knowing you’re in danger. There is a part of you that is eager, ready for anything in God. But there’s another part that’s as lazy as an old dog sleeping by the fire.”

Matthew 26:41 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

Keep watching and praying, so that you do not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Matthew 26:41 AMP (Amplified Bible)

Keep actively watching and praying that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

Matthew 26:41 NET (New English Translation)

Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”