Therefore be on the alert, because you do not know what day your Lord is coming!

But know this: If the homeowner had known what time the thief was coming, he would have stayed alert and not let his house be broken into.

Therefore be on the alert, because you do not know the day or the hour!

Then He said to them, "My soul is extremely grieved, even to [the point where I could] die. Stay here and be alert with me [i.e., in prayer]."

And [when] He came [back] to where His disciples were and found them asleep, He said to Peter, "What [is this], could you not remain alert with me [in prayer] for one hour?

Be alert and pray, so that you do not give in to temptation; the spirit [of a person] is truly willing [i.e., to do a certain thing], but his physical nature is [often too] weak [to carry it out]."