Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
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He who made atonement for the sins of mankind, submitted himself in a garden of suffering, to the will of God, from which man had revolted in a garden of pleasure. Christ took with him into that part of the garden where he suffered his agony, only those who had witnessed his glory in his transfiguration.
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This thought runs through Matthew 26:41-45.
Matthew 26:41 quoted in popular culture
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Wikiquote match for "the spirit indeed is willing" · Wikiquote search matched the biblical phrase "the spirit indeed is willing". Snippet: by Divine permission hold. Hesiod, Works and Days, line 164. The spirit indeed is willing , but the flesh is weak. Matthew, XXVI. 41. Millions of spiritual
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Wikiquote match for "the spirit indeed is willing" · Wikiquote search matched the biblical phrase "the spirit indeed is willing". Snippet: Matthaeum 16:23 Spiritus quidem promptus est, caro vero infirma. The spirit indeed is willing , but the flesh is weak. Marcum 14:38 Magnificat anima mea Dominum