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


In Context

13 He stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, |I want to. Be made clean.| Immediately the leprosy left him.

14 He commanded him to tell no one, |But go your way, and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.|

15 But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

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

17 It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal them.

18 Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:16And he retired into the desert, 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 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.