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Jesus Teaches About Prayer(A)

11 One time Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his ·followers [disciples] said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray as John taught his ·followers [disciples].”

Jesus said to them, “When you pray, say:

‘Father, ·may your name always be kept holy [T hallowed be your name].
May your kingdom come [C soon or fully].
Give us ·the food we need for each day [T our daily bread].
Forgive us for our sins,
    ·because [as] we forgive everyone who ·has done wrong to us [sins against us; L is indebted to us; C sin is pictured as a debt owed].
And ·do not cause us to be tempted [or do not subject us to testing; T lead us not into temptation].’”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:4 ‘Father … tempted.’ Some Greek copies include phrases from Matthew’s version of this prayer (Matthew 6:9–13).

So when you pray, you should pray like this:

‘Our Father in heaven,
·may your name always be kept holy [T Hallowed be your name].
10 May your kingdom come
·and what you want [Your will] be done,
    here on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us ·the food we need for each day [T today our daily bread].
12 Forgive us for our ·sins [L debts],
    just as we have forgiven ·those who sinned against us [L our debtors; C sin is pictured as a debt owed].
13 And ·do not cause us to be tempted [T lead us not into temptation; or do not put us to the test],
but ·save [rescue; deliver] us from ·the Evil One [or evil].’
|The kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours forever. Amen.|[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:13 The . . . Amen. Some Greek copies do not contain the bracketed text.

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