Luke 5:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ Meanwhile, he would slip away to deserted places and pray.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But He Himself withdrew [in retirement] to the wilderness (desert) and prayed.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and prayed.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ But Jesus would withdraw to deserted places for prayer.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And he withdrew into the desert and prayed.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And he retired into the desert, and prayed.

Luke 5:16 Cross References

Matthew 14:23

And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,

Mark 6:46

After saying farewell to them, he went up on the mountain to pray.

Luke 3:21

Now when all the people were baptized and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened,

Luke 6:12

Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.

Luke 9:28

Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray.

Luke 9:29

And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning.

John 6:15

When Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.