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And the apostles returned and told him what they had done; and taking them with him, he withdrew privately to a city called Bethsaida.

And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain apart to pray. And when evening came, he was there alone.

And departing thence, Jesus came near the lake of Galilee; and going up the mountain, he sat down there.

And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John his brother, and leadeth them up into a high mountain apart.

Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve apart, and on the way said to them,

And he saith to them, Come ye by yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while. For there were many coming and going; and they had no leisure, even to eat.

And rising up, he departed thence into the borders of Tyre; and entering into a house, he desired that no one should know it; but he could not escape notice.