But Jesus often went away to be by himself and pray.
On one of those days, Jesus went up onto a mountainside to pray. He spent the whole night praying to God.
Once the crowd was gone, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was still up there alone.
Once the crowd was gone, he went up on a mountainside to pray.
Jesus saw that they were about to come and make him be their king whether he wanted to or not. So he went away again to a mountain by himself.
When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. Right afterwards, as he was praying, heaven was opened,
About eight days after Jesus had said this, he took Peter, John, and James with him and went up on a mountain to pray.
As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning.
