Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
However, he continued his habit of retiring to deserted places and praying.
New American Standard Bible
But Jesus Himself would often slip away
King James Version
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
Holman Bible
Yet He often withdrew to deserted places and prayed.
A Conservative Version
But he himself was withdrawing into the desolate regions, and praying.
American Standard Version
But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and prayed.
Amplified
But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray [in seclusion].
An Understandable Version
So, He went away to deserted places and prayed.
Anderson New Testament
And he withdrew to the deserts and prayed.
Bible in Basic English
But he went away by himself to a waste place for prayer.
Common New Testament
But he often withdrew to the wilderness and prayed.
Daniel Mace New Testament
so that he retired into places of solitude, for the convenience of prayer.
Darby Translation
And he withdrew himself, and was about in the desert places and praying.
Godbey New Testament
And He was out in the deserts, and praying.
Goodspeed New Testament
But Jesus himself would retire into the desert and pray.
John Wesley New Testament
But he withdrew into the deserts and prayed.
Julia Smith Translation
And he was retreating into the deserts, and praying.
King James 2000
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But he himself was withdrawing in the wilderness and praying.
Modern King James verseion
But He was drawing back in the wilderness, and praying.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he kept himself apart in the wildernesses, and gave himself to prayer.
Moffatt New Testament
while he kept in lonely places and prayed.
Montgomery New Testament
But Jesus himself habitually withdrew into solitary places, and there used to pray.
NET Bible
Yet Jesus himself frequently withdrew to the wilderness and prayed.
New Heart English Bible
But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.
Noyes New Testament
But he was wont to withdraw to desert places, and pray.
Sawyer New Testament
And he withdrew into solitary places and prayed.
The Emphasized Bible
howbeit, he, was retiring in the deserts, and engaging in prayer.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But he himself was in the desert for retirement and prayer.
Twentieth Century New Testament
But Jesus used to withdraw to lonely places and pray.
Webster
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
Weymouth New Testament
but Jesus Himself constantly withdrew into the Desert and there prayed.
Williams New Testament
But Jesus Himself continued His habit of retiring to lonely spots and praying.
World English Bible
But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.
Worrell New Testament
And He was wont to retire into the deserts, and pray.
Worsley New Testament
But He frequently retired into solitary places, and prayed.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he was withdrawing himself in the desert places and was praying.
Themes
Christ » Private devotions of Christ » Solitary communion
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » Cleanses the leper
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a leper (in galilee)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Cleanses the leper
Prayer » Private, of Christ » Solitary communion
Secret prayer » Examples of secret prayer » Solitary communion
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 5:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Leper Cleansed
15 But the news about Jesus spread even more, and many crowds began gathering to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. 16 However, he continued his habit of retiring to deserted places and praying. 17 One day, as Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of the Law happened to be sitting nearby. The people had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was present to heal them.
Cross References
Matthew 14:23
After dismissing the crowds, he went up on a hillside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.
Luke 6:12
Now it was in those days that Jesus went to a mountain to pray, and he spent the whole night in prayer to God.
Mark 1:35-36
In the morning, while it was still very dark, Jesus got up and went to a deserted place and prayed there.
Mark 6:46
After saying goodbye to them, he went up on a hillside to pray.
John 6:15
Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, withdrew again to the hillside by himself.