Luke 5:16

But He Himself would withdraw into the wilderness and would pray. 1 Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

In Context

15But the report about Him spread all the more; and great crowds came together to hear, and to be healed by Him from their sicknesses.

17Now it happened on a certain day that He was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

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Cross References

Mark 1:35And in the very early morning before dawn, He arose and He went out, and went away to a deserted place; and there He was praying.

Luke 6:12Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and He was spending the night in prayer to God.

Matthew Henry on Luke 5:13-17

A Leper Cleansed. 12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. 14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 15 But so much the… Read the whole commentary →

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