²³ After dismissing the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. He stayed there alone well into the night.^(A)

The Baptism of Jesus

²¹ When all the people were baptised,^(A) Jesus also was baptised. As he was praying,^(B) heaven opened,^(C)

¹⁶ Yet he often withdrew to deserted places and prayed.^(A)

The Twelve Apostles

¹² During those days he went out to the mountain to pray^(A) and spent all night in prayer to God.

Peter’s Confession of the Messiah

¹⁸ While he was praying in private^(A) and his disciples were with him, he asked them, ‘Who do the crowds say that I am? ’