Luke 5:16 “Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.”

Luke 5:16

Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

World English Bible

But he withdrew himself into the desert and prayed.

American Standard Version

But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and prayed.

Geneva Bible 1599

But he kept himselfe apart in the wildernes, and prayed.

Darby Translation

And he withdrew himself, and was about in the desert [places] and praying.

Young's Literal Translation

and he was withdrawing himself in the desert places and was praying.

Bible in Basic English

But he went away by himself to a waste place for prayer.

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Cross references

“And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.”

Luke 6:12 Matthew 14:23 Mark 6:46 John 6:15 Mark 1:35 Mark 1:36

Luke 6:12 · BSB

In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.

Matthew 14:23 · BSB

After He had dismissed them, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,

Mark 6:46 · BSB

After bidding them farewell, He went up on the mountain to pray.

John 6:15 · BSB

Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.

Mark 1:35 · BSB

Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and went out to a solitary place to pray.

Mark 1:36 · BSB

Simon and his companions went to look for Him,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15But the news about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

17One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.

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