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Luke 22:46
And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.
Luke 22:46 · Bible in Basic English
Luke 22:46 in other translations
And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
and said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
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In context
43 And an angel from heaven came to him, to give him strength.
44 And being in great trouble of soul, the force of his prayer became stronger, and great drops, like blood, came from him, falling to the earth.
45 And, getting up from prayer, he came to the disciples, and saw that they were sleeping for sorrow.
46 And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.
47 And while he was saying these words, there came a band of people, and Judas, one of the twelve, was in front of them, and he came near to Jesus to give him a kiss.
48 But Jesus said to him, Judas, will you be false to the Son of man with a kiss?
49 And when those who were with him saw what was coming, they said, Lord, may we not make use of our swords?
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