Luke 5:16-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ but Jesus often ·slipped away [withdrew] to ·be alone [desolate/lonely/wilderness places] so he could pray.

Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man^(A)

¹⁷ One day as Jesus was teaching the people, the Pharisees and teachers of the law from every town in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem were there. ·The Lord was giving Jesus the power [^LThe power of the Lord was upon him] to heal people. ¹⁸ ·Just then [^LAnd look/^Tbehold], some men were carrying on a ·mat [cot; bed] a man who was paralyzed. They tried to bring him in and put him down before Jesus.