Matthew 6:9–13
The Lord's Prayer, the prayer Jesus gave his disciples
Study it word by word9So 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.’
In its context
7And when praying, do not babble like the Gentiles, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.
8So do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
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14For if you forgive people their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you;
15but if you do not forgive people, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Its words in the original
- προσεύχεσθεproseuchesthe· pray
Pray: speak with God.
- ΠάτερPater· father, Father
Father; also ancestor.
- οὐρανοῖςouranois· heaven, sky
Heaven: the sky and, above all, the place of God. "The heavens" is sometimes a respectful way of saying "God".
- ἁγιασθήτωhagiasthētō· sanctify, make holy
Sanctify: treat as holy, set apart for God. "Hallowed be your name": may your name be recognized as holy.
- ὄνομάonoma· name
Name. In the Bible, a name stands for the person himself.
- ἐλθέτωelthetō· come, go
Come, arrive; go.
- βασιλείαbasileia· kingdom
Kingdom: the reign of a king and the place where he reigns. "The kingdom of heaven" is the reign of God.
- γενηθήτωgenēthētō· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- θέλημάthelēma· will
Will: what someone wants and decides.
- γῆςgēs· earth, land
Earth: the ground, a country, or the whole world.
- ἄρτονarton· bread
Bread; also food in general.
- ἐπιούσιονepiousion· daily, for tomorrow
Daily, needed for the day; a very rare word, perhaps "for tomorrow".
- δὸςdos· give
Give.
- σήμερονsēmeron· today
Today.
- ἄφεςaphes· let go, forgive
Leave, let go, allow; said of sins and debts, forgive.
- ὀφειλήματαopheilēmata· debt
Debt: what is owed; also sin, seen as a debt to God.
- ὀφειλέταιςopheiletais· debtor
Debtor: someone who owes something; also someone who owes for a wrong, an offender.
- εἰσενέγκῃςeisenenkēis· bring in
Bring in, carry in, lead into.
- πειρασμόνpeirasmon· testing, temptation
Test, trial; also temptation, the test that pushes one to fall.
- ῥῦσαιrhysai· rescue, deliver
Rescue, deliver from danger; "the Deliverer", the one who rescues.
- πονηροῦponērou· evil, wicked
Bad, wicked. "The evil one": the devil.