The Lord's Prayer

“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love (A)to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. (B)Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, (C)go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. (D)And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as (E)the Gentiles do, for (F)they think that they will be heard (G)for their many words. Do not be like them, (H)for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. (I)Pray then like this:

(J)“Our Father in heaven,
(K)hallowed be (L)your name.[a]
10 (M)Your kingdom come,
(N)your will be done,[b]
    (O)on earth as it is in heaven.
11 (P)Give us (Q)this day our daily bread,[c]
12 and forgive us our debts,
    as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And (R)lead us not into temptation,
    but (S)deliver us from (T)evil.[d]

14 (U)For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, 15 (V)but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:9 Or Let your name be kept holy, or Let your name be treated with reverence
  2. Matthew 6:10 Or Let your kingdom come, let your will be done
  3. Matthew 6:11 Or our bread for tomorrow
  4. Matthew 6:13 Or the evil one; some manuscripts add For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen

Teaching about Prayer(A)

“And whenever you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to stand in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they will be seen by people. I tell all of you[a] with certainty, they have their full reward! But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father who is hidden. And your Father who sees from the hidden place will reward you.[b]

“When you are praying, don’t say meaningless things[c] like the unbelievers[d] do, because they think they will be heard by being so wordy. Don’t be like them, because your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Therefore, this is how you should pray:

‘Our Father in heaven,
    may your name be kept holy.
10 May your kingdom come.
    May your will be done,
        on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread,
12 and forgive us our sins,[e]
    as we have forgiven those who have sinned against us.[f]
13 And never bring us into temptation,
    but deliver us from the evil one.’[g]

14 Because if you forgive people their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive people their offenses,[h] your Father will not forgive your offenses.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:5 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.
  2. Matthew 6:6 Other mss. read reward you openly
  3. Matthew 6:7 Or words
  4. Matthew 6:7 Lit. gentiles; i.e. unbelieving non-Jews
  5. Matthew 6:12 Or debts
  6. Matthew 6:12 Or forgiven our debtors
  7. Matthew 6:13 Other mss. read evil one. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
  8. Matthew 6:15 Other mss. lack their offenses