Luke 22:46

And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

Cross-reference

Luke 22:40 Parallel

In Luke 22:40, Jesus gave the same command to pray against temptation. He repeats it here.

Luke 11:4 Related theme

Luke 11:4 teaches 'lead us not into temptation'—the same petition Jesus commands the disciples to pray here to avoid temptation.

In Luke 21:34-36, Jesus warns against being weighed down and urges prayer to escape temptation—similar vigilance.

Jonah 1:6 Parallel

In Jonah 1:6, the captain wakes Jonah to pray during a storm—parallel to Jesus waking disciples to pray in crisis.

In Matthew 26:41, Jesus says the same: 'Watch and pray...'—a parallel account of this command.

Mark 14:37 Parallel

Mark 14:37 records the same scene: Jesus finds the disciples sleeping and rebukes Peter specifically, paralleling the call to wakefulness.

Mark 14:38 Parallel

Mark 14:38 gives Jesus' identical warning to watch and pray against temptation, adding 'the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.'

1 Thessalonians 5:6 exhorts 'let us not sleep, but keep awake'—a direct parallel to Jesus' rebuke and call to vigilance.

1 Corinthians 10:13 Related theme

1 Corinthians 10:13 promises God provides a way to endure temptation—the outcome when believers obey the command to pray.

1 Peter 4:7 Related theme

1 Peter 4:7 links the end's nearness to sober-minded prayer—reinforcing Jesus' urgency to pray and not sleep in Gethsemane.

Ephesians 6:18 Related theme

Ephesians 6:18 calls believers to constant prayer and alertness—a general application of the watch-and-pray command from Gethsemane.