“Stay here while I go over there and pray.”

“This sorrow is crushing my life out. Stay here and keep vigil with me.”

“My Father, if there is any way, get me out of this. But please, not what I want. You, what do you want?”

“Can’t you stick it out with me a single hour? Stay alert; be in prayer so you don’t wander into temptation without even knowing you’re in danger.”

“There is a part of you that is eager, ready for anything with God. But there’s another part that’s as lazy as an old dog sleeping by the fire.”

“My Father, if there is no other way than this, drinking this cup to the dregs, I’m ready. Do it your way.”

“My time is up, the Son of Man is about to be handed over to the hands of sinners. Get up! Let’s get going! My betrayer is here.”

“Put your sword back where it belongs. All who use swords are destroyed by swords.”

“Don’t you realise that I am able right now to call to my Father, and twelve companies – more, if I want them – of fighting angels would be here, battle-ready? But if I did that, how would the Scriptures come true that say this is the way it has to be?”

“What is this – coming after me with swords and clubs as if I were a dangerous criminal? Day after day I have been sitting in the Temple teaching, and you never so much as lifted a hand against me. You’ve done it this way to confirm and fulfil the prophetic writings.”

(Words of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. Taken from Matthew 26:36-56, The Message)