A Triumphant King – Day 97

₃₆Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” ₃₇He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee. Grief and anguish came over him, ₃₈and he said to them, “The sorrow in my heart is so great that it almost crushes me. Stay here and keep watch with me.”

₃₉He went a little farther on, threw himself face downwards on the ground, and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, take this cup of suffering from me! Yet not what I want, but what you want.”