For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night.

or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.

Then ¹  he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you stay awake for one hour?

When ¹  the bridegroom was delayed a long time, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.

Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is approaching, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

he said, “Go away, for the girl is not dead but asleep.” And they began making fun of him. ¹ 

He came again and found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. ¹ 

When he entered he said to them, “Why are you distressed and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.”

So ¹  he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation!” ² 

For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: ¹  “Awake, ²  O sleeper! ³  Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!” ⁴ 

He died ¹  for us so that whether we are alert or asleep ²  we will come to life together with him.

And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.

But while everyone was sleeping, an enemy came and sowed weeds ¹  among the wheat and went away.

Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He ¹  said to Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with me for one hour?

He goes to sleep and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.

When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. ¹  And they did not know what to tell him.

Now they were all ¹  wailing and mourning ²  for her, but he said, “Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”

He came a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? ¹  Enough of that! ²  The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

But ¹  he was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. They woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are about to die?”