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Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.” <a href="/esv/luke/22.htm">English Standard Version</a> saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” <a href="/bsb/luke/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.” <a href="/blb/luke/22.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> saying, "Father, if You are willing, take away this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done." <a href="/kjv/luke/22.htm">King James Bible</a> Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. <a href="/nkjv/luke/22.htm">New King James Version</a> saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.” <a href="/nasb_/luke/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.” <a href="/nasb/luke/22.htm">NASB 1995</a> saying, &#8220Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/luke/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a> saying, “Father, if Thou art willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Thine be done.” <a href="/lsb/luke/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me, yet not My will, but Yours be done.” <a href="/amp/luke/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a> saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup [of divine wrath] from Me; yet not My will, but [always] Yours be done.” <a href="/csb/luke/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me—nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” <a href="/hcsb/luke/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> &#8220Father, if You are willing, take this cup away from Me—nevertheless, not My will, but Yours, be done.&#8221 <a href="/asv/luke/22.htm">American Standard Version</a> saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. <a href="/cev/luke/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> "Father, if you will, please don't make me suffer by drinking from this cup. But do what you want, and not what I want." <a href="/erv/luke/22.htm">English Revised Version</a> saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. <a href="/gwt/luke/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Father, if it is your will, take this cup [of suffering] away from me. However, your will must be done, not mine." <a href="/gnt/luke/22.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Father," he said, "if you will, take this cup of suffering away from me. Not my will, however, but your will be done." <a href="/isv/luke/22.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but yours be done." <a href="/msb/luke/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> “Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.” <a href="/net/luke/22.htm">NET Bible</a> "Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but yours be done." <a href="/nheb/luke/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done." <a href="/wbt/luke/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Saying, Father, if thou art willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine be done. <a href="/wey/luke/22.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "Father, if it be Thy will, take this cup away from me; yet not my will but Thine be done!" <a href="/web/luke/22.htm">World English Bible</a> saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/luke/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me, but not My will, but Yours be done.” <a href="/blb/luke/22.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> saying, "Father, if You are willing, take away this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done." <a href="/ylt/luke/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> saying, 'Father, if Thou be counselling to make this cup pass from me -- ;but, not my will, but Thine be done.' -- <a href="/slt/luke/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Saying, Father, If thou art willing, turn aside this cup from me: but not my will, but thine, be done.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/luke/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Saying: Father, if thou wilt, remove this chalice from me: but yet not my will, but thine be done. <a href="/cpdv/luke/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> saying: “Father, if you are willing, take this chalice away from me. Yet truly, let not my will, but yours, be done.” <a href="/nabre/luke/22.htm">New American Bible</a> saying, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me; still, not my will but yours be done.” [ <a href="/nrsvce/luke/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me; yet, not my will but yours be done.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/luke/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Saying, O Father, if you will, let this cup pass from me; but not as I will, but your will be done. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/22.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And he said, “Father, if you are willing, let this cup pass from me; however not my will, but yours be done.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/luke/22.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> saying: Father, if thou art willing that this cup should pass from me鈥攜et, not my will, but thine be done.<CM> <a href="/godbey/luke/22.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> saying, <FR>Father, if this cup is willing to pass from me; moreover let not my will, but thine be done.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/luke/22.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> saying, Father, if thou wilt, remove this cup from me! nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done. <a href="/mace/luke/22.htm">Mace New Testament</a> he pray'd in these words, father, "O that you would divert this cup from me! nevertheless not my will, but thine be done." <a href="/wey/luke/22.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "Father, if it be Thy will, take this cup away from me; yet not my will but Thine be done!" <a href="/worrell/luke/22.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> saying, <FR>"Father, if Thou art willing, remove this cup from Me; nevertheless, not My will, but Thine, be done."<Fr> <a href="/worsley/luke/22.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>Father, if thou art willing take away this cup from me---nevertheless, not my will but thine be done.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/luke/22-42.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=8803" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/luke/22.htm">Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives</a> …41And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed, 42<a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. "></a> <a href="/greek/3962.htm" title="3962: Pater (N-VMS) -- Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a father.">“Father,</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">if</a> <a href="/greek/1014.htm" title="1014: boulei (V-PIM/P-2S) -- To will, intend, desire, wish. Middle voice of a primary verb; to will, i.e. be willing.">You are willing,</a> <a href="/greek/3911.htm" title="3911: parenenke (V-AMA-2S) -- From para and phero; to bear along or aside, i.e. Carry off; by implication, to avert.">take</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: touto (DPro-ANS) -- This; he, she, it. ">this</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4221.htm" title="4221: potērion (N-ANS) -- A drinking cup, the contents of the cup; fig: the portion which God allots. ">cup</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: ap’ (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">from</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: emou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">Me.</a> <a href="/greek/4133.htm" title="4133: plēn (Conj) -- However, nevertheless, but, except that, yet. From pleion; moreover, i.e. Albeit, save that, rather, yet.">Yet</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.">not</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: mou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">My</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-NNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2307.htm" title="2307: thelēma (N-NNS) -- An act of will, will; plur: wishes, desires. From the prolonged form of ethelo; a determination, i.e. choice or inclination.">will,</a> <a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235: alla (Conj) -- But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.">but</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-NNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4674.htm" title="4674: son (PPro-NN2S) -- Yours, thy, thine. From su; thine.">Yours</a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: ginesthō (V-PMM/P-3S) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.">be done.” </a> 43Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him and strengthened Him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/26-39.htm">Matthew 26:39</a> Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.” <a href="/mark/14-36.htm">Mark 14:36</a> “Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.” <a href="/john/6-38.htm">John 6:38</a> For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me. <a href="/philippians/2-8.htm">Philippians 2:8</a> And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross. <a href="/hebrews/5-7.htm">Hebrews 5:7-8</a> During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence. / Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered. <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Isaiah 53:10</a> Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. <a href="/john/12-27.htm">John 12:27-28</a> Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour. / Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” <a href="/romans/5-19.htm">Romans 5:19</a> For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. <a href="/matthew/20-22.htm">Matthew 20:22</a> “You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered. <a href="/john/18-11.htm">John 18:11</a> “Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?” <a href="/psalms/40-8.htm">Psalm 40:8</a> I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.” <a href="/hebrews/10-7.htm">Hebrews 10:7</a> Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’” <a href="/john/4-34.htm">John 4:34</a> Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work. <a href="/psalms/143-10.htm">Psalm 143:10</a> Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground. <a href="/isaiah/50-5.htm">Isaiah 50:5</a> The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Saying, Father, if you be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done.Father.<a href="/matthew/26-42.htm">Matthew 26:42,44</a> 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… <a href="/mark/14-36.htm">Mark 14:36</a> 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.<a href="/john/12-27.htm">John 12:27,28</a> 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… willing, remove.<a href="/luke/22-17.htm">Luke 22:17-20</a> And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: … <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17,22</a> Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out… <a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Jeremiah 25:15</a> For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.not.<a href="/psalms/40-8.htm">Psalm 40:8</a> I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.<a href="/john/4-34.htm">John 4:34</a> Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.<a href="/john/5-30.htm">John 5:30</a> I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/12-20.htm">Counselling</a> <a href="/luke/22-20.htm">Cup</a> <a href="/luke/18-8.htm">Nevertheless</a> <a href="/luke/22-5.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/luke/10-7.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/luke/19-14.htm">Willing</a> <a href="/luke/22-34.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_corinthians/1-17.htm">Counselling</a> <a href="/john/18-11.htm">Cup</a> <a href="/john/11-15.htm">Nevertheless</a> <a href="/luke/23-25.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/john/7-3.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/luke/23-20.htm">Willing</a> <a href="/luke/22-61.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 22</div>1. <a href="/luke/22-1.htm">The leaders conspire against Jesus.</a> 3. <a href="/luke/22-3.htm">Satan prepares Judas to betray him.</a> 7. <a href="/luke/22-7.htm">The apostles prepare the Passover.</a> 19. <a href="/luke/22-19.htm">Jesus institutes his holy supper;</a> 21. <a href="/luke/22-21.htm">covertly foretells of the traitor;</a> 24. <a href="/luke/22-24.htm">rebukes the rest of his apostles from ambition;</a> 31. <a href="/luke/22-31.htm">assures Peter his faith should not fail;</a> 34. <a href="/luke/22-34.htm">and yet he should deny him thrice.</a> 39. <a href="/luke/22-39.htm">He prays in the mount, and sweats blood;</a> 47. <a href="/luke/22-47.htm">is betrayed with a kiss;</a> 50. <a href="/luke/22-50.htm">he heals Malchus' ear;</a> 54. <a href="/luke/22-54.htm">he is thrice denied by Peter;</a> 63. <a href="/luke/22-63.htm">shamefully abused;</a> 66. <a href="/luke/22-66.htm">and confesses himself to be the Son of God.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/luke/22.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div>Father The term "Father" here is translated from the Greek word "Pater," which signifies a close, intimate relationship. In the context of Jesus' prayer, it reflects His unique relationship with God, emphasizing both His divinity and His humanity. This address underscores the trust and submission Jesus has towards God, setting an example for believers to approach God with reverence and intimacy.if You are willing This phrase highlights the conditional nature of Jesus' request. The Greek word "ei" (if) introduces a sense of submission to God's sovereign will. Jesus acknowledges God's ultimate authority and expresses His desire in a manner that respects God's divine plan. This reflects a deep trust in God's wisdom and timing, encouraging believers to align their desires with God's will.take this cup from Me The "cup" is a metaphor deeply rooted in Jewish tradition, often symbolizing God's wrath or judgment (as seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Jeremiah 25:15</a>). Here, it represents the suffering and crucifixion that Jesus is about to endure. By asking for the cup to be taken away, Jesus expresses His human desire to avoid suffering, yet He remains committed to fulfilling His mission. This duality of Jesus' nature—fully God and fully man—is a profound mystery that underscores His empathy with human struggles.Yet not My will, but Yours be done This phrase is the climax of Jesus' prayer, demonstrating ultimate submission to God's will. The Greek word "alla" (yet) introduces a contrast between Jesus' human desire and His commitment to God's plan. "Thelema" (will) signifies a deliberate choice or purpose. Jesus' surrender to God's will is a model of obedience and faith for believers, illustrating the importance of prioritizing God's purposes over personal desires. This submission is not passive resignation but an active choice to trust in God's perfect plan, even in the face of immense personal cost.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(42) Not my will, but thine, be done.--See Notes on <a href="/matthew/26-39.htm" title="And he went a little farther, 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 you will.">Matthew 26:39</a>. Here there is a more distinct echo of the prayer which He had taught His disciples. He, too, could say, "Lead us not into temptation," but that prayer was subject, now explicitly, as at all times implicitly, to the antecedent condition that it was in harmony with "Thy will be done."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 42. - Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. The three synoptists give this prayer in slightly varying terms; "but the figure of the cup is common to all the three; "it was indelibly impressed on tradition. This cup, which Jesus entreats God to cause to pass from before (παρά) his lips, is the symbol of that terrible punishment, the dreadful and mournful picture of which is traced before him at this moment by a skillful painter with extraordinary vividness. The painter is the same who in the wilderness, using a like illusion, passed before his view the magical scene -f the glories belonging to the Messianic kingdom" (Godet). If thou be willing. He looked on in this supreme hour, just before "the Passion" really began, to the Crucifixion and all the horrors which preceded it and accompanied it - to the treason of Judas; the denial of Peter; the desertion of the apostles; the cruel, relentless enmity of the priests and rulers; the heartless abandonment of the people; the insults; the scourging: and then the shameful and agonizing lingering death which was to close the Passion; and, more dreadful than all, the reason why he was here in Gethsemane; why he was to drink this dreadful cup of suffering; the memory of all the sin of man! To drink this cup of a suffering, measureless, inconceivable, the Redeemer for a moment shrank back, and asked the Father if the cross was the only means of gaining the glorious end in view - the saving the souls of unnumbered millions. Could not God in his unlimited power find another way of reconciliation? And yet beneath this awful agony, the intensity of which we are utterly incapable of grasping - beneath it there lay the intensest desire that his Father's wish and will should be done. That wish and will were in reality his own. The prayer was made and answered. It was not the Father's will that the cup should pass away, and the Son's will was entirely the same; it was answered by the gift of strength - strength from heaven being given to enable the Son to drink the cup of agony to its dregs. How this strength was given St. Luke relates in the next verse. <a href="/commentaries/luke/22-42.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>“Father, Πάτερ (Pater) Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3962.htm">Strong's 3962: </a> Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. if εἰ (ei) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. You are willing, βούλει (boulei) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1014.htm">Strong's 1014: </a> To will, intend, desire, wish. Middle voice of a primary verb; to 'will, ' i.e. be willing. take παρένεγκε (parenenke) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3911.htm">Strong's 3911: </a> From para and phero; to bear along or aside, i.e. Carry off; by implication, to avert. this τοῦτο (touto) Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> This; he, she, it. cup ποτήριον (potērion) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4221.htm">Strong's 4221: </a> A drinking cup, the contents of the cup; fig: the portion which God allots. from ἀπ’ (ap’) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. Me. ἐμοῦ (emou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Yet πλὴν (plēn) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_4133.htm">Strong's 4133: </a> However, nevertheless, but, except that, yet. From pleion; moreover, i.e. Albeit, save that, rather, yet. not μὴ (mē) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3361.htm">Strong's 3361: </a> Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. My μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. will, θέλημά (thelēma) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2307.htm">Strong's 2307: </a> An act of will, will; plur: wishes, desires. From the prolonged form of ethelo; a determination, i.e. choice or inclination. but ἀλλὰ (alla) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_235.htm">Strong's 235: </a> But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise. Yours σὸν (son) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Neuter 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4674.htm">Strong's 4674: </a> Yours, thy, thine. From su; thine. be done.” γινέσθω (ginesthō) Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1096.htm">Strong's 1096: </a> A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/luke/22-42.htm">Luke 22:42 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/luke/22-42.htm">Luke 22:42 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/luke/22-42.htm">Luke 22:42 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/luke/22-42.htm">Luke 22:42 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/luke/22-42.htm">Luke 22:42 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/luke/22-42.htm">Luke 22:42 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/luke/22-42.htm">Luke 22:42 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/luke/22-42.htm">Luke 22:42 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/luke/22-42.htm">Luke 22:42 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/luke/22-42.htm">Luke 22:42 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/luke/22-42.htm">NT Gospels: Luke 22:42 Saying Father if you are willing remove (Luke Lu Lk) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/luke/22-41.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 22:41"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 22:41" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/luke/22-43.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 22:43"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 22:43" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>