Luke 6:12

The Passion Translation

After leaving the synagogue, Jesus went into the high hills to spend the whole night in prayer to God.

Cross References

Psalm 22:2

Why do you remain distant, refusing to answer my tearful cries in the day and my desperate cries for your help in the night? I can’t stop sobbing. Where are you, my God?

Isaiah 26:9

At night I yearn for you with all my heart; in the morning my spirit reaches out to you. When you display your judgments on the earth, people learn the ways of righteousness.

Daniel 6:10

Even after Daniel learned that the king had officially signed his decree, he continued his regular custom of praying at three set times a day. He went to the upper chamber of his house and opened the windows facing toward Jerusalem. Then he got down on his knees to pray, and he offered his grateful praise to God as he always had done.

Matthew 5:1

One day Jesus saw a vast crowd of people gathering to hear him, so he went up the slope of a hill and sat down. With his followers and disciples spread over the hillside,

Matthew 6:6

But whenever you pray, go into your innermost chamber and be alone with Father God, praying to him in secret. And your Father, who sees all you do, will reward you openly.

Mark 1:35

The next morning, Jesus got up long before daylight, left the house while it was dark, and made his way to a secluded place to give himself to prayer.

Mark 3:13

Afterward, Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to himself the men he wanted to be his close companions, so they went up with him.

Mark 6:46

So he dispersed the crowd, said good-bye to his disciples, then slipped away to pray on the mountain.

Luke 5:16

But Jesus often slipped away from them and went into the wilderness to pray.

Luke 6:11

The room erupted with bitter rage, and from that moment on, the religious leaders plotted among themselves about how they might harm Jesus.

Luke 6:17

Jesus and his apostles came down from the hillside to a level field, where a large number of his disciples waited, along with a massive crowd: people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the coastal district of Tyre and Sidon.

Luke 9:18

One time, Jesus was praying in a quiet place with his disciples nearby. He went to them and asked, “Who do people think I am?”

Luke 9:28

Eight days later, Jesus took Peter, Jacob, and John and climbed a high mountain to pray.

Luke 9:29

As he prayed, his face began to glow until a blinding glory streamed from him. A radiant glory illuminated his entire body. His brightness became so intense that it made his clothing blinding white, as multiple flashes of lightning.

John 6:3

Jesus went up the slope of a hill and sat down with his disciples.

Colossians 4:2

Be faithful to pray as intercessors who are fully alert and giving thanks to God.

Hebrews 5:7

During Christ’s days on earth he pleaded with God, praying with passion and with tearful agony that God would spare him from death. And because of his perfect devotion his prayer was answered and he was delivered.