Luke 11:1-7

Instruction about Prayer

1 It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples."
2 And He said to them, "1When you pray, say: 'Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.
3 'Give us 2each day our daily bread.
4 'And forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who 3is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.' "
5 Then He said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves;
6 for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him';
7 and from inside he answers and says, 'Do not bother * me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot * get up and give you anything.'

Cross References 3

  • 1. Luke 11:2-4: {Matthew 6:9-13}
  • 2. Acts 17:11
  • 3. Luke 13:4 mg

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. Lit "He"
  • [b]. Later mss add phrases from Matt 6:9-13 to make the two passages closely similar
  • [c]. Or "bread for the coming day" or "needful bread"
  • [d]. Lit "Which one of you will have"
  • [e]. Lit "with me"
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