Luke 5:16
“¶ And he withdrew himselfe into the wildernesse, and prayed.”
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Luke 5:16 Context
14And hee charged him to tell no man: but, Goe, and shewe thy selfe to the Priest, and offer for thy clensing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimonie vnto them. 15But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him, and great multitudes came together to heare, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. 16¶ And he withdrew himselfe into the wildernesse, and prayed. 17And it came to passe on a certaine day, as hee was teaching, that there were Pharisees and Doctours of the Law sitting by, which were come out of euery towne of Galilee, and Iudea, and Hierusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heale them. 18¶ And behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsie: and they sought meanes to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
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And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
- King James Version
But Jesus Himself would {often} slip away to the wilderness and pray.
- New American Standard Version (1995)