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

The Baptism of Jesus

²¹ When all the people were baptized,^(A) Jesus also was baptized. 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?”