Luke 5:16

but Jesus used to withdraw to lonely places and pray.

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In The King James Version

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

In Context

15However, the story about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came together to listen to him, and to be cured of their illnesses;

17On one of those days, when Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and Doctors of the Law were sitting near by. (They had come from all the villages in Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was on Jesus, so that he could work cures.)

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Cross References

Mark 1:35In the morning, long before daylight, Jesus got up and went out to a lonely spot, where he began to pray.

Luke 6:12Now about that time, Jesus went out, up the hill, to pray, and spent the whole 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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