16And he retired into the desert, and prayed.


In Context

13 And stretching forth his hand, he touched him, saying: I will. Be thou cleansed. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.

14 And he charged him that he should tell no man, but, Go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing according as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

15 But the fame of him went abroad the more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

16 And he retired into the desert, and prayed.

17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he sat teaching, that there were also Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, that were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was to heal them.

18 And behold, men brought in a bed a man, who had the palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

Luke 5:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:16But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:16But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and prayed.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16And he withdrew himself, and was about in the desert places and praying.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:16But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and prayed.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16and he was withdrawing himself in the desert places and was praying.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.