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Matthew 6:7-15
Contemporary English Version
Matthew 6:7-15
Contemporary English Version
7 (A) When you pray, don't talk on and on as people do who don't know God. They think God likes to hear long prayers. 8 Don't be like them. Your Father knows what you need even before you ask.
9 You should pray like this:
Our Father in heaven,
help us to honor
your name.
10 Come and set up
your kingdom,
so that everyone on earth
will obey you,
as you are obeyed
in heaven.
11 Give us our food for today.[a]
12 Forgive us for doing wrong,
as we forgive others.
13 Keep us from being tempted[b]
and protect us from evil.[c]
14 (B)(C) If you forgive others for the wrongs they do to you, your Father in heaven will forgive you. 15 But if you don't forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.
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Matthew 6:7-15
New International Version
Matthew 6:7-15
New International Version
7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling(A) like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.(B) 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need(C) before you ask him.
9 “This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father(D) in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom(E) come,
your will be done,(F)
on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.(G)
12 And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.(H)
13 And lead us not into temptation,[a](I)
but deliver us from the evil one.[b]’(J)
14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.(K) 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.(L)
Footnotes
- Matthew 6:13 The Greek for temptation can also mean testing.
- Matthew 6:13 Or from evil; some late manuscripts one, / for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
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