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Berean Standard Bible

“At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving.”

Luke 4:42

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Jesus has spent a day teaching and healing in Capernaum, and the town is full of people seeking him. Luke places this at the start of his public ministry.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving.

World English Bible (WEB)

When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place, and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he wouldn’t go away from them.

King James Version (KJV)

And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And when it was day, he came out and went into a desert place: and the multitudes sought after him, and came unto him, and would have stayed him, that he should not go from them.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And when it was day, he came out and went to a waste place; and great numbers of people came looking for him, and they came to him and would have kept him from going away.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And day having come, having gone forth, he went on to a desert place, and the multitudes were seeking him, and they came unto him, and were staying him -- not to go on from them,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y siendo ya de día salió, y se fué á un lugar desierto: y las gentes le buscaban, y vinieron hasta él; y le detenían para que no se apartase de ellos.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Al amanecer, Jesús salió y se fue a un lugar solitario. La gente lo buscó por todas partes y, cuando lo encontraron, trataron de detenerlo para que no se fuera.

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