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Luke 4:42

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40 At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.

41 Demons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ.

At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving.

43 But Jesus told them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, because that is why I was sent.”

44 And He continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving.
KJV
And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
WEB
When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he wouldn’t go away from them.
ASV
And when it was day, he came out and went into a desert place: and the multitudes sought after him, and came unto him, and would have stayed him, that he should not go from them.
DARBY
And when it was day he went out, and went into a desert place, and the crowds sought after him, and came up to him, and [would have] kept him back that he should not go from them.
BLB
And day having come, having gone out, He went into a solitary place. And the crowds were seeking Him, and they came up to Him and were detaining Him not to go from them.
ÅB
Men da det var blitt dag, gikk han ut og dro til et øde sted, og folket lette etter ham, og de kom like til ham og holdt på ham, for at han ikke skulle gå fra dem.
OTB
Ved daggry gikk Jesus ut til et ensomt sted. Folket lette etter ham, og da de kom dit han var, forsøkte de å hindre ham fra å forlate dem.
B1930
Men da det var blitt dag, gikk han ut og drog til et øde sted, og folket lette efter ham, og de kom like til ham og holdt på ham, forat han ikke skulde gå fra dem.

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  • Luke 6:12

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

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  • Mark 1:35–38

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

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  • John 4:34

    Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

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  • Mark 1:45

    But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.

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  • John 6:24

    So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to look for Him.

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  • Matthew 14:13–14

    When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.

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  • Mark 6:33–34

    But many people saw them leaving and recognized them. They ran together on foot from all the towns and arrived before them.

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  • Luke 24:29

    But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.

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