Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
Parallel translations
- KJV Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
- BSB In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.
- NKJV Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry.
- NASB Now in the early morning, when He was returning to the city, He became hungry.
- NLT In the morning, as Jesus was returning to Jerusalem, he was hungry,
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Cross-references · 6
- Matt 4:2When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.
- Heb 4:15For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
- Matt 12:1At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
- Mark 11:20–24As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.
- Mark 11:12–14The next day, when they had come out from Bethany, he was hungry.
- Luke 4:2for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.
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