Matthew 26:41

26:41 Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Mark 13:33

13:33 Watch out! Stay alert! ¹  For you do not know when the time will come.

Mark 14:38

14:38 Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Luke 21:36

21:36 But stay alert at all times, ²  praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must ³  happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Luke 22:46

22:46 So ⁴  he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation!” ⁵ 

Colossians 4:2

Exhortation to Pray for the Success of Paul’s Mission

4:2 Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.

Colossians 4:1

4:1 Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.

Colossians 4:7

Personal Greetings and Instructions

4:7 Tychicus, a dear brother, faithful minister, and fellow slave ⁶  in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me. ⁷ 

[13:33]  ¹ tc The vast majority of witnesses (א A C L W Θ Ψ Ë^1,13 Ï lat sy co) have καὶ προσεύχεσθε after ἀγρυπνεῖτε (agrupneite kai proseucesqe, “stay alert and pray”). This may be a motivated reading, influenced by the similar command in Mark 14:38 where προσεύχεσθε is solidly attested, and more generally from the parallel in Luke 21:36 (though δέομαι [deomai, “ask”] is used there). As B. M. Metzger notes, it is a predictable variant that scribes would have been likely to produce independently of each other (TCGNT 95). The words are not found in B D 2427 a c {d} k. Although the external evidence for the shorter reading is slender, it probably better accounts for the longer reading than vice versa.

[21:36]  ² sn The call to be alert at all times is a call to remain faithful in looking for the Lord’s return.

[21:36]  ³ tn For the translation of μέλλω (mellw) as “must,” see L&N 71.36.

[22:46]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus finding them asleep.

[22:46]  ⁵ sn Jesus calls the disciples again to prayerful watchfulness with the words “Get up and pray” (see 22:40). The time is full of danger (22:53).

[4:7]  ⁶ tn See the note on “fellow slave” in 1:7.

[4:7]  ⁷ tn Grk “all things according to me.”