Luke 5:16
Yet Jesus himself frequently withdrew to the wilderness and prayed.
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- Matt 14:23 : 23 And after he sent the crowds away, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.
- Luke 6:12 : 12 Choosing the Twelve Apostles Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God.
- Mark 1:35-36 : 35 Praying and Preaching Then Jesus got up early in the morning when it was still very dark, departed, and went out to a deserted place, and there he spent time in prayer. 36 Simon and his companions searched for him.
- Mark 6:46 : 46 After saying goodbye to them, he went to the mountain to pray.
- John 6:15 : 15 Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone.
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- Mark 1:34-363 verses83%
34 So he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.
35 Praying and Preaching Then Jesus got up early in the morning when it was still very dark, departed, and went out to a deserted place, and there he spent time in prayer.
36 Simon and his companions searched for him.
- Mark 6:46-472 verses79%
46 After saying goodbye to them, he went to the mountain to pray.
47 When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he was alone on the land.
- Luke 22:40-412 verses78%
40 When he came to the place, he said to them,“Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”
41 He went away from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed,
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23 And after he sent the crowds away, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.
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12 Choosing the Twelve Apostles Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God.
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15 But the news about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering together to hear him and to be healed of their illnesses.
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42 The next morning Jesus departed and went to a deserted place. Yet the crowds were seeking him, and they came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them.
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7 Crowds by the Sea Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him. And from Judea,
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15 God’s Special Servant Now when Jesus learned of this, he went away from there. Great crowds followed him, and he healed them all.
16 But he sternly warned them not to make him known.
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39 He went away again and prayed the same thing.
- Mark 6:31-322 verses73%
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32 So they went away by themselves in a boat to some remote place.
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29 Healing Many Others When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down.
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45 But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.
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17 Then they began to beg Jesus to leave their region.
18 As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed asked if he could go with him.
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28 The Transfiguration Now about eight days after these sayings, Jesus took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up the mountain to pray.
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15 Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone.
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13 The Feeding of the Five Thousand Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, they followed him on foot from the towns.
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35 Going a little farther, he threw himself to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour would pass from him.
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3 he left Judea and set out once more for Galilee.
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19 When evening came, Jesus and his disciples went out of the city.
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1 Instructions on Prayer Now Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he stopped, one of his disciples said to him,“Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
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17 And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.
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2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
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37 So every day Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, but at night he went and stayed on the Mount of Olives.
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44 So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing once more.
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3 So Jesus went on up the mountainside and sat down there with his disciples.
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40 Jesus went back across the Jordan River again to the place where John had been baptizing at an earlier time, and he stayed there.