“And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the...

“In the morning, while it was still very dark, [Jesus] got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed.” (Mark 1:35, NRSVue)...

“The tax collector, standing far off [from the religious leader who was bragging to God about his righteousness], would not even lift his...