I had put off my garment; how could I put it on? I had bathed my feet; how could I soil them?
and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything’?
For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.
Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.” And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.”
As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.
The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!”
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.
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