As he was praying alone, the disciples were with him, and he asked them, “Who do the multitudes say that I am?”
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- KJV And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?
- BSB One day as Jesus was praying in private and the disciples were with Him, He questioned them: “Who do the crowds say I am?”
- NKJV And it happened, as He was alone praying, that His disciples joined Him, and He asked them, saying, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”
- NASB And it happened that while He was praying alone, the disciples were with Him, and He questioned them, saying, “Who do the people say that I am?”
- NLT One day Jesus left the crowds to pray alone. Only his disciples were with him, and he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”
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- Matt 16:13–16Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”
- Mark 8:27–30Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that I am?”
- Luke 11:1When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”
- Matt 26:36Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go there and pray.”
- Luke 22:39–41He came out, and went, as his custom was, to the Mount of Olives. His disciples also followed him.
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