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Luke 5:16

PrayerRest and sabbathLoneliness

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.

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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BSB
Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.
KJV
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
WEB
But he withdrew himself into the desert and prayed.
ASV
But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and prayed.
DARBY
And *he* withdrew himself, and was about in the desert [places] and praying.
BLB
And He Himself was withdrawing into the wilderness and praying.
ÅB
men han dro seg tilbake til øde steder og var der i bønn.
OTB
Men Jesus trakk seg ofte tilbake til øde steder for å be.
B1930
men han drog sig tilbake til øde steder og var der i bønn.

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