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giveδίδουusἡμῖνeachτὸ καθ’dayἡμέρανourἡμῶνdailyτὸν ἐπιούσιονbread;τὸν ἄρτον
Luke 11:3
Study it in the app“give us each day our daily bread;”
A disciple asks Jesus to teach them to pray, and he answers with the Father's prayerPrayer
With the Greek beneath
Luke 11:3, word by word
- giveδίδουdidou
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “didou” appears- dayἡμέρανhēmeran
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeran” appears- dailyἐπιούσιονepiousion
daily, for tomorrow
Daily, needed for the day; a very rare word, perhaps "for tomorrow".
Where else “epiousion” appears- breadἄρτονarton
bread
A piece of baked bread made from flour: the basic food.
Where else “arton” appears
Parallel passages
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The Lord's Prayer
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
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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
2And he said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, may your name be sanctified; may your kingdom come;
3 · This verse (above)
4and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us; and do not bring us into temptation.”
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?