Mark 14:38 meaning and explanation

Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

Mark 14:38, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus speaks these words in Gethsemane, after finding Peter, James and John asleep instead of keeping watch with him. He has just prayed in deep distress, and he warns them that prayer is their safeguard against falling when tested.

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