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Andδὲhe saidεἶπενto them,αὐτοῖς“WhenὍτανyou pray,προσεύχησθεsay:λέγετεFather,Πάτερmay your nameτὸ ὄνομά σουbe sanctified;ἁγιασθήτωmay your kingdomἡ βασιλεία σουcome;ἐλθέτω
Luke 11:2
Study it in the app“And he said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, may your name be sanctified; may your kingdom come;”
A disciple asks Jesus to teach them to pray, and he answers with the Father's prayerPrayer
With the Greek beneath
Luke 11:2, word by word
- he saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- “WhenὍτανHotan
when, whenever
When, whenever.
Where else “Hotan” appears- you prayπροσεύχησθεproseuchēsthe
pray
Pray: speak with God.
Where else “proseuchēsthe” appears- FatherΠάτερPater
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “Pater” appears- may your nameὄνομάonoma
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onoma” appears- be sanctifiedἁγιασθήτωhagiasthētō
hallow
To honor as holy: "hallowed be your name".
Where else “hagiasthētō” appears- may your kingdomβασιλείαbasileia
kingdom of God
God's rule, which comes with Jesus.
Where else “basileia” appears- comeἐλθέτωelthetō
come as Messiah
The coming of Jesus; "the one who comes" is the awaited one.
Where else “elthetō” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Many late manuscripts complete the prayer with the words of Matthew 6:9-13: “our [Father], who are in heaven,” “your will be done…” and “deliver us from the evil one.”
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The Lord's Prayer
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
See them side by side
Luke 11:1-4
1And it happened, while he was praying in a certain place, that when he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.” 2And he said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, may your name be sanctified; may your kingdom come; 3give us each day our daily bread; 4and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us; and do not bring us into temptation.”
9So you pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be sanctified; 10may your kingdom come; may your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth. 11Give us today our daily bread; 12and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors; 13and do not bring us into temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.’
The context
1And it happened, while he was praying in a certain place, that when he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”
2 · This verse (above)
3give us each day our daily bread;
To study Luke 11 in a group
1. What it says
When the disciples ask to be taught to pray, what does Jesus tell them to say, and what stories does he add? (vv. 1-13)
2. What it means
Jesus says “ask, seek, knock” and compares God to a father who gives good gifts. What does that teach about what God is like? (vv. 9-13)
3. How I live it
What concrete thing would you like to ask God today, with the trust a child has when speaking to a father?