Luke 5:16

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Luke 5:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 “Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

15 But the news about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

16 Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.

17 One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.

18 Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus,

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Luke 6:12

In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.

Matthew 14:23

After He had sent them away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,

Mark 1:35

Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray.

Mark 1:36

Simon and his companions went to look for Him,

Mark 6:46

After bidding them farewell, He went up on the mountain to pray.

John 6:15

Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.