Luke 5:16
King James Version (KJV)
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
In context
14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judæa, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
Luke 5:16 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
- WEB World English Bible
- But he withdrew himself into the desert and prayed.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and prayed.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and he was withdrawing himself in the desert places and was praying.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he withdrew himself, and was about in the desert [places] and praying.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.