In this (A)manner, therefore, pray:

(B)Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your (C)name.
10 Your kingdom come.
(D)Your will be done
On earth (E)as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our (F)daily bread.
12 And (G)forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
13 (H)And do not lead us into temptation,
But (I)deliver us from the evil one.
[a]For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:13 NU omits the rest of v. 13.

The Lord’s Prayer

(A)Pray, then, in this way:

‘Our Father, who is in heaven,
[a]Hallowed be Your name.
10 [b](B)Your kingdom come.
(C)Your will be done,
[c]On earth as it is in heaven.
11 (D)Give us this day [d]our daily bread.
12 And (E)forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And do not lead us into temptation, but (F)deliver us from [e](G)evil.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:9 I.e., treated as sacred or holy
  2. Matthew 6:10 Or May Your...come
  3. Matthew 6:10 Lit as in heaven, also on earth
  4. Matthew 6:11 Or our bread for tomorrow
  5. Matthew 6:13 Or the evil one
  6. Matthew 6:13 Late mss add For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen

“Pray, then, [a]in this way:

‘Our Father, who is in heaven,
[b]Hallowed be Your name.(A)
10 
[c]Your kingdom come,
Your [d]will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
11 
‘Give us this day our [e]daily bread.
12 
‘And forgive us our [f]debts, as we have forgiven our debtors [letting go of both the wrong and the resentment].
13 
‘And do not [g]lead us into temptation, but deliver us from [h]evil. [i][For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.]’(B)

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  1. Matthew 6:9 I.e. as a model or pattern.
  2. Matthew 6:9 I.e. set apart, keep and treat as holy, revere.
  3. Matthew 6:10 A plea for God’s kingdom to be inaugurated on earth.
  4. Matthew 6:10 Including what God wishes to be done by the individual believer—His commands and precepts.
  5. Matthew 6:11 I.e. life’s essentials.
  6. Matthew 6:12 I.e. sins, moral failures.
  7. Matthew 6:13 I.e. lead us away from situations where we are vulnerable and have the opportunity to sin. God does not tempt man (see James 1:13) but does allow man to be tested.
  8. Matthew 6:13 Or the evil one.
  9. Matthew 6:13 This clause is not found in early mss.

“This, then, is how you should pray:

“‘Our Father(A) in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom(B) come,
your will be done,(C)
    on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.(D)
12 And forgive us our debts,
    as we also have forgiven our debtors.(E)
13 And lead us not into temptation,[a](F)
    but deliver us from the evil one.[b](G)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:13 The Greek for temptation can also mean testing.
  2. Matthew 6:13 Or from evil; some late manuscripts one, / for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

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