A moment in scripture
Matthew 14:23
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And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
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The surrounding passage
- Matthew 14:21
And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
- Matthew 14:22
And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
- Matthew 14:24
But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
- Matthew 14:25
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.