Choose the sentence that is punctuated correctly: He said to his disciples, "watch and, pray", He said to his disciples' "watch and pray.", He said to his disciples "Watch and pray., He said to his disciples, "Watch and pray."
Answer: He said to his disciples, "Watch and pray."
Explanation
He said to his disciples, "Watch and pray."
This sentence is punctuated correctly because it uses quotation marks to set off the direct quotation ("Watch and pray") and a comma to separate the verb ("said") from the quotation.
The comma before the quotation indicates that the quotation is a direct object of the verb "said".
