Matthew 6:5-15
5"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
9"This, then, is how you should pray:" 'Our Father in heaven,hallowed be your name, 10your kingdom come,your will be doneon earth as it is in heaven. 11Give us today our daily bread. 12Forgive us our debts,as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13And lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from the evil one.'
14For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
We read and recite the familiar Lord's Prayer. The Bible, of course, nowhere calls Jesus' prayer "The Lord's Prayer," nor is it called the "Our Father." How are we to look at it? Is it
An example prayer?
A pattern prayer? or
A prayerbook prayer to be repeated?
It appears, from the context, to be a pattern prayer. Jesus has just criticized some of the abuses of prayer prevalent in his time: such as prayer "for effect" (verses 5-6, perhaps typified by the prayer of the righteous Pharisee contrasted by the tax collector's "Be merciful" prayer, Luke 18:9-14). Jesus has also contrasted righteous prayer with wordy prayers (vs. 7). He seems to be showing his disciples how to pray properly, avoiding some of the pitfalls, and including an appropriate mix of praise and petition.
Was this the only prayer the disciples were to pray? No. We have many prayers recorded by Jesus, his disciples, and the Apostle Paul. None of them has a word for word correspondence with The Lord's Prayer, but all of them follow patterns Jesus taught in this prayer.
5"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
9"This, then, is how you should pray:" 'Our Father in heaven,hallowed be your name, 10your kingdom come,your will be doneon earth as it is in heaven. 11Give us today our daily bread. 12Forgive us our debts,as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13And lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from the evil one.'
14For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
We read and recite the familiar Lord's Prayer. The Bible, of course, nowhere calls Jesus' prayer "The Lord's Prayer," nor is it called the "Our Father." How are we to look at it? Is it
An example prayer?
A pattern prayer? or
A prayerbook prayer to be repeated?
It appears, from the context, to be a pattern prayer. Jesus has just criticized some of the abuses of prayer prevalent in his time: such as prayer "for effect" (verses 5-6, perhaps typified by the prayer of the righteous Pharisee contrasted by the tax collector's "Be merciful" prayer, Luke 18:9-14). Jesus has also contrasted righteous prayer with wordy prayers (vs. 7). He seems to be showing his disciples how to pray properly, avoiding some of the pitfalls, and including an appropriate mix of praise and petition.
Was this the only prayer the disciples were to pray? No. We have many prayers recorded by Jesus, his disciples, and the Apostle Paul. None of them has a word for word correspondence with The Lord's Prayer, but all of them follow patterns Jesus taught in this prayer.
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