The God-Given Task

⁹ What ^(A)gain has the worker from his toil? ¹⁰ I have seen ^(B)the business that ^(C)God has given to the children of man to be busy with. ¹¹ He has ^(D)made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot ^(E)find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. ¹² I perceived that there is ^(F)nothing better for them than to be joyful and to ^(G)do good as long as they live; ¹³ also ^(H)that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is ^(I)God's gift to man.

¹⁴ I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; ^(J)nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him. ¹⁵ That which is, ^(K)already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God ^(L)seeks what has been driven away.^[a]

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

^36 (A)Then Jesus went with them ^(B)to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” ³⁷ And taking with him ^(C)Peter and ^(D)the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. ³⁸ Then he said to them, ^(E)“My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and ^(F)watch^[a] with me.” ³⁹ And going a little farther he fell on his face ^(G)and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let ^(H)this cup pass from me; ^(I)nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” ⁴⁰ And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour? ^41 (J)Watch and ^(K)pray that you ^(L)may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” ⁴² Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, ^(M)your will be done.” ⁴³ And again he came and found them sleeping, for ^(N)their eyes were heavy. ⁴⁴ So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for ^(O)the third time, saying the same words again. ⁴⁵ Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Sleep and take your rest later on.^[b] See, ^(P)the hour is at hand, and ^(Q)the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.