Matthew 6:9-13

The Lord's Prayer

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Matthew 6:9-13 · 5 verses

Matthew 6:9-13

9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11Give us this day our daily bread.

12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

When Jesus taught his disciples to pray, he warned against the long, public, repetitive prayers of the religious of his day. He gave them instead a short, ordered prayer — six petitions framed by the Father in heaven and his eternal kingdom. It is the most prayed prayer in all of human history.