Luke 5:16

but Jesus Himself constantly withdrew into the Desert and there prayed.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

In Context

15But all the more the report about Him spread abroad, and great multitudes crowded to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases;

17One day He was teaching, and there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting there who had come from every village in Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present for Him to cure people.

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Cross References

Mark 1:35In the morning He rose early, while it was still quite dark, and leaving the house He went away to a solitary place and there prayed.

Luke 6:12About that time He went out on one occasion into the hill country to pray; and He remained all 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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