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<a href="/kjv/matthew/6.htm">King James Bible</a> After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. <a href="/nkjv/matthew/6.htm">New King James Version</a> In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. <a href="/nasb_/matthew/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father, who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. <a href="/nasb/matthew/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Pray, then, in this way: &#8216Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. <a href="/nasb77/matthew/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. <a href="/lsb/matthew/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. <a href="/amp/matthew/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father, who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. <a href="/csb/matthew/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Therefore, you should pray like this: Our Father in heaven, your name be honored as holy. <a href="/hcsb/matthew/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> &#8220Therefore, you should pray like this: Our Father in heaven, Your name be honored as holy. <a href="/asv/matthew/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. <a href="/cev/matthew/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You should pray like this: Our Father in heaven, help us to honor your name. <a href="/erv/matthew/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. <a href="/gwt/matthew/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "This is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven, let your name be kept holy. <a href="/gnt/matthew/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> This, then, is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven: May your holy name be honored; <a href="/isv/matthew/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> Therefore, this is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. <a href="/msb/matthew/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> So then, this is how you should pray: ?Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. <a href="/net/matthew/6.htm">NET Bible</a> So pray this way: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored, <a href="/nheb/matthew/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Therefore, you should pray this way: 'Our Father in heaven, holy be your name. <a href="/wbt/matthew/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. <a href="/wey/matthew/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "In this manner therefore pray: 'Our Father who art in Heaven, may Thy name be kept holy; <a href="/web/matthew/6.htm">World English Bible</a> Pray like this: “‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/matthew/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> therefore pray thus: Our Father who [is] in the heavens, hallowed be Your Name. <a href="/blb/matthew/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore pray you like this: 'Our Father in the heavens, hallowed be Your name! <a href="/ylt/matthew/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> thus therefore pray ye: 'Our Father who art in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name. <a href="/slt/matthew/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Therefore so do ye pray: Our Father which in the heavens, Let thy name be declared holy.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/matthew/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. <a href="/cpdv/matthew/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, you shall pray in this way: Our Father, who is in heaven: May your name be kept holy. <a href="/nabre/matthew/6.htm">New American Bible</a> “This is how you are to pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, <a href="/nrsvce/matthew/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> “Pray then in this way: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/matthew/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Therefore pray in this manner: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Therefore pray in this way: 'Our Father who are in Heaven, hallowed be your name,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/matthew/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> In this manner, therefore, pray you: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. <a href="/godbey/matthew/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>Therefore pray ye after this manner: Our Father who art in the heavens, let thy name be hallowed:<Fr> <a href="/haweis/matthew/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Thus then pray ye: Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. <a href="/mace/matthew/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a> After this manner do you therefore pray: "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come. <a href="/wey/matthew/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "In this manner therefore pray: 'Our Father who art in Heaven, may Thy name be kept holy; <a href="/worrell/matthew/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>Thus, therefore, pray ye: 'Our Father, Who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy name.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/matthew/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>After this manner therefore pray ye,<Fr> <a href="/parallel/matthew/6-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=1300" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/matthew/6.htm">The Lord's Prayer</a> …8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. 9<a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.">So then,</a> <a href="/greek/3779.htm" title="3779: Houtōs (Adv) -- Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).">this is how</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymeis (PPro-N2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/4336.htm" title="4336: proseuchesthe (V-PMM/P-2P) -- To pray, pray for, offer prayer. From pros and euchomai; to pray to God, i.e. Supplicate, worship.">should pray:</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmōn (PPro-G1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">‘Our</a> <a href="/greek/3962.htm" title="3962: Pater (N-VMS) -- Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a father.">Father</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-VMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tois (Art-DMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3772.htm" title="3772: ouranois (N-DMP) -- Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.">heaven,</a> <a href="/greek/37.htm" title="37: Hagiasthētō (V-AMP-3S) -- From hagios; to make holy, i.e. purify or consecrate; to venerate.">hallowed be</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-NNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: sou (PPro-G2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">Your</a> <a href="/greek/3686.htm" title="3686: onoma (N-NNS) -- Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a name.">name.</a> 10Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/luke/11-2.htm">Luke 11:2</a> So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. <a href="/romans/8-15.htm">Romans 8:15</a> For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” <a href="/galatians/4-6.htm">Galatians 4:6</a> And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” <a href="/isaiah/63-16.htm">Isaiah 63:16</a> Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name. <a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm">Isaiah 64:8</a> But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand. <a href="/john/1-12.htm">John 1:12-13</a> But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God— / children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God. <a href="/1_john/3-1.htm">1 John 3:1</a> Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. <a href="/ephesians/3-14.htm">Ephesians 3:14-15</a> ... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father, / from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. <a href="/psalms/103-13.htm">Psalm 103:13</a> As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. <a href="/malachi/1-6.htm">Malachi 1:6</a> “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’ <a href="/2_corinthians/6-18.htm">2 Corinthians 6:18</a> And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.” <a href="/hebrews/12-9.htm">Hebrews 12:9</a> Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live? <a href="/jeremiah/3-19.htm">Jeremiah 3:19</a> Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me. <a href="/deuteronomy/32-6.htm">Deuteronomy 32:6</a> Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you? <a href="/1_peter/1-17.htm">1 Peter 1:17</a> Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>After this manner therefore pray you: Our Father which are in heaven, Hallowed be your name.this.<a href="/luke/11-1.htm">Luke 11:1,2</a> And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples… Our.<a href="/matthew/6-1.htm">Matthew 6:1,6,14</a> Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven… <a href="/matthew/5-16.htm">Matthew 5:16,48</a> Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven… <a href="/matthew/7-11.htm">Matthew 7:11</a> If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?which.<a href="/matthew/23-9.htm">Matthew 23:9</a> And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.<a href="/2_chronicles/20-6.htm">2 Chronicles 20:6</a> And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?<a href="/psalms/115-3.htm">Psalm 115:3</a> But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.Hallowed.<a href="/leviticus/10-3.htm">Leviticus 10:3</a> Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.<a href="/2_samuel/7-26.htm">2 Samuel 7:26</a> And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.<a href="/1_kings/8-43.htm">1 Kings 8:43</a> Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/haggai/2-12.htm">Hallowed</a> <a href="/matthew/6-1.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/matthew/6-1.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/matthew/5-16.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/matthew/3-14.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/matthew/5-11.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/matthew/6-7.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-7.htm">Sanctified</a> <a href="/matthew/5-25.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/11-2.htm">Hallowed</a> <a href="/matthew/6-10.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/matthew/6-14.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/matthew/7-6.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/matthew/8-33.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/matthew/8-27.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/matthew/9-38.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/matthew/23-17.htm">Sanctified</a> <a href="/matthew/7-2.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 6</div>1. <a href="/matthew/6-1.htm">Giving to the Needy</a> 5. <a href="/matthew/6-5.htm">The Lord's Prayer</a> 16. <a href="/matthew/6-16.htm">Proper Fasting</a> 19. <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Store up Treasures in Heaven</a> 25. <a href="/matthew/6-25.htm">Do Not Worry</a> 33. <a href="/matthew/6-33.htm">but seek God's kingdom.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/matthew/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>So then, this is how you should pray: This introduction to the Lord's Prayer is a directive from Jesus, emphasizing the importance of prayer in the life of a believer. It reflects the Jewish tradition of prayer, which was central to daily life. Jesus provides a model for prayer, not just a formula, indicating the heart's posture is crucial. This teaching occurs during the Sermon on the Mount, a pivotal moment where Jesus outlines the principles of the Kingdom of Heaven.‘Our Father in heaven, The term "Our Father" signifies a personal and communal relationship with God, highlighting both intimacy and reverence. In Jewish culture, God was often referred to as Father, but Jesus emphasizes a more personal connection. The phrase "in heaven" acknowledges God's sovereignty and transcendence, distinguishing Him from earthly fathers. This duality of intimacy and majesty is foundational in understanding the nature of God.hallowed be Your name. To "hallow" means to honor as holy. This phrase is a declaration of God's holiness and a request for His name to be revered. In biblical times, a name represented one's character and authority. Thus, this petition is for God's character to be recognized and honored throughout the earth. It echoes the Third Commandment, which instructs not to take the Lord's name in vain, and aligns with the prophetic vision in <a href="/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Ezekiel 36:23</a>, where God promises to sanctify His great name among the nations.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The speaker of this verse, providing instruction on prayer to His disciples during the Sermon on the Mount. 2. <a href="/topical/d/disciples.htm">Disciples</a> The immediate audience of Jesus' teaching, representing all believers who seek to follow Christ's teachings. 3. <a href="/topical/h/heaven.htm">Heaven</a> The dwelling place of God, signifying His sovereignty and holiness. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god_the_father.htm">God the Father</a> The recipient of the prayer, emphasizing a personal and relational aspect of God as a Father to His children. 5. <a href="/topical/s/sermon_on_the_mount.htm">Sermon on the Mount</a> The larger context of this teaching, where Jesus provides foundational principles for Christian living.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god_as_father.htm">Understanding God as Father</a> Recognize the intimate relationship believers have with God, approaching Him with the confidence and trust of a child to a loving parent. <a href="/topical/r/reverence_for_god's_name.htm">Reverence for God's Name</a> Cultivate a deep respect and honor for God's name in all aspects of life, reflecting His holiness in our words and actions. <a href="/topical/h/heavenly_perspective.htm">Heavenly Perspective</a> Acknowledge God's sovereignty and eternal perspective, aligning our prayers and desires with His divine will and purpose. <a href="/topical/m/model_of_prayer.htm">Model of Prayer</a> Use the Lord's Prayer as a framework for personal prayer, focusing on God's character, kingdom, and will before presenting personal requests. <a href="/topical/c/community_in_prayer.htm">Community in Prayer</a> Note the use of "our" in the prayer, emphasizing the communal aspect of faith and the importance of praying with and for others in the body of Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_matthew_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Matthew 6</a> <a href="/q/how_do_lord's_prayer_and_thanksgiving_align.htm">How are The Lord's Prayer and Thanksgiving similar?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_sparkle_creed_express.htm">What beliefs does The Sparkle Creed express?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_nature_of_heaven.htm">What is the nature of heaven?</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_lord's_prayer's_meaning.htm">What is the meaning of the Lord's Prayer?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) After this manner.--Literally, thus. The word sanctions at once the use of the words themselves, and of other prayers--prescribed, or unpremeditated--after the same pattern and in the same spirit. In <a href="/luke/11-2.htm" title="And he said to them, When you pray, say, Our Father which are in heaven, Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.">Luke 11:2</a> we have the more definite, "When ye pray, say, . . . ."Our Father.--It is clear that the very word "Abba" (father) uttered by our Lord here, as in <a href="/mark/14-36.htm" title="And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to you; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what you will.">Mark 14:36</a>, so impressed itself on the minds of men that, like "Amen" and "Hallelujah" and "Hosanna," it was used in the prayers even of converts from heathenism and Hellenistic Judaism. From its special association with the work of the Spirit in <a href="/romans/8-15.htm" title="For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.">Romans 8:15</a>, <a href="/galatians/4-6.htm" title="And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.">Galatians 4:6</a>, it would seem to have belonged to the class of utterances commonly described as the "tongues," in which apparently words from two or more languages were mingled together according as each best expressed the devout enthusiasm of the worshipper.The thought of the Fatherhood of God was not altogether new. He had claimed "Israel as His son, even His firstborn" (<a href="/exodus/4-22.htm" title="And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus said the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:">Exodus 4:22</a>), had loved him as His child (<a href="/jeremiah/31-9.htm" title="They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.">Jeremiah 31:9</a>; <a href="/hosea/11-1.htm" title="When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.">Hosea 11:1</a>). The thought of an outraged Fatherhood underlies the reproaches of Isaiah (<a href="/isaiah/1-2.htm" title="Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD has spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.">Isaiah 1:2</a>) and Malachi (<a href="/malachi/1-6.htm" title="A son honors his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honor? and if I be a master, where is my fear? said the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, that despise my name. And you say, Wherein have we despised your name?">Malachi 1:6</a>). "Thou, O Lord, art our Father" (<a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm" title="But now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.">Isaiah 64:8</a>) was the refuge of Israel from despair. It had become common in Jewish liturgies and forms of private prayer. As the disciples heard it, it would not at first convey to their minds thoughts beyond those with which they were thus familiar. But it was a word pregnant with a future. Time and the teaching of the Spirit were to develop what was now in germ. That it had its ground in the union with the Eternal Son, which makes us also sons of God; that it was a name that might be used, not by Israelites only, but by every child of man; that of all the names of God that express His being and character, it was the fullest and the truest--this was to be learnt as men were guided into all the truth. Like all such names, it had its inner and its outer circles of application. It was true of all men, true of all members of the Church of Christ, true of those who were led by the Spirit, in different degrees; but all true theology rests on the assumption that the ever-widening circles have the same centre, and that that centre is the Love of the Father. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 9-13. - The pattern of prayer. Parallel passage: <a href="/luke/11-2.htm">Luke 11:2-4</a>. For most suggestive remarks on the Lord's Prayer, both generally and in its greater difficulties of detail, compare by all means Chase, 'The Lord's Prayer in the Early Church:' (Cambridge Texts and Studies). Observe: (1) If the prayer had already been given by the Lord in the sermon on the mount, "one of his disciples" would hardly afterwards have asked him to teach them to pray, as John also taught his disciples (<a href="/luke/11.htm">Luke 11</a>. l). It is much more easy, therefore, to consider that the original occasion of its utterance is recorded by St. Luke, and that it therefore did not belong to the sermon on the mount as that discourse was originally delivered. (2) A question that admits of a more doubtful answer is whether the more original form of the prayer is found in Matthew or in Luke. It will be remembered that in the true text of his Gospel, the latter does not record the words, "Which art in heaven," "Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth," "But deliver us from evil," besides reading "day by day" instead of "this day," "sins" instead of "debts," and "for we ourselves also forgive every one that is indebted to us" instead of" as we also have forgiven our debtors." Most writers suppose St. Matthew's form to be the original, and St. Luke's to be only a shortened form. In favour of this are the considerations that (a) St. Matthew's words, "Forgive us our debts," represent an older, because parabolic, form of expression than the apparently interpretative "Forgive us our sins" in St. Luke. . . . <a href="/commentaries/matthew/6-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>So then, οὖν (oun) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3767.htm">Strong's 3767: </a> Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. this is how Οὕτως (Houtōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3779.htm">Strong's 3779: </a> Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows). you ὑμεῖς (hymeis) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. should pray: προσεύχεσθε (proseuchesthe) Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4336.htm">Strong's 4336: </a> To pray, pray for, offer prayer. From pros and euchomai; to pray to God, i.e. Supplicate, worship. ‘Our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Father Πάτερ (Pater) Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3962.htm">Strong's 3962: </a> Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. heaven, οὐρανοῖς (ouranois) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel. hallowed be Ἁγιασθήτω (Hagiasthētō) Verb - Aorist Imperative Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_37.htm">Strong's 37: </a> From hagios; to make holy, i.e. purify or consecrate; to venerate. Your σου (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. name, ὄνομά (onoma) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3686.htm">Strong's 3686: </a> Name, character, fame, reputation. 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