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The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they had done. He took them, and withdrew apart to a deserted place of a city called Bethsaida.
After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.
Jesus departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.
After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves.
As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,
He said to them, "You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile." For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn't want anyone to know it, but he couldn't escape notice.
He was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw, and he knelt down and prayed,
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- Coming To Rest
- Dealing With Many People
- Disadvantages Of Crowds
- Entering Houses
- Evening
- Evenings For Jesus And His Disciples
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