Mark 14:37

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“Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?”

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BSBPD

“Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest thou not watch one hour?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, `Simon, thou dost sleep! thou wast not able to watch one hour!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 14:37 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Samuel 16:17“Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”
  2. Jeremiah 12:5“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
  3. Jonah 1:6The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
  4. Matthew 25:5When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
  5. Matthew 26:40Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter.
  6. Mark 14:29Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I never will.”
  7. Mark 14:40And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping—for their eyes were heavy. And they did not know what to answer Him.
  8. Luke 9:31They appeared in glory and spoke about His departure, which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
  9. Luke 22:45When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
  10. 1 Thessalonians 5:6So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.
  11. Hebrews 12:3Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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