Luke 22:42

Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

Saying {G3004}, Father {G3962}, if {G1487} thou be willing {G1014}, remove {G3911}{G3911} this {G5124} cup {G4221} from {G575} me {G1700}: nevertheless {G4133} not {G3361} my {G3450} will {G2307}, but {G235} thine {G4674}, be done {G1096}.

“Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me; still, let not my will but yours be done.”

“Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”

saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

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Cross-References

  • John 12:27 (27 votes)

    Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

  • John 12:28 (27 votes)

    Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, [saying], I have both glorified [it], and will glorify [it] again.

  • Matthew 26:39 (26 votes)

    And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou [wilt].

  • Matthew 26:42 (23 votes)

    He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

  • Mark 14:36 (20 votes)

    And he said, Abba, Father, all things [are] possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.

  • Psalms 40:8 (18 votes)

    I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.

  • John 18:11 (16 votes)

    Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?