Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
WEB
“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
YLT
watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'
DBT
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed [is] ready, but the flesh weak.
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentMatthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.
- Author
- Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
- Date
- c. AD 50–60