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Jesus
went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples
followed him. On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray
that you will not fall into temptation." He withdrew about a
stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, "Father, if
you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours
be done." An angel from heaven appeared to him and
strengthened him. And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly,
and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found
them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. "Why are you
sleeping?" he asked them. "Get up and pray so that you
will not fall into temptation."
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