Matthew 6:5-15

The Lord's Prayer

5 "And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love ¹to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. ²Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

6 But when you pray, ³go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. ⁴And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

7 "And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as ⁵the Gentiles do, for ⁶they think that they will be heard ⁷for their many words.

8 Do not be like them, ⁸for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

9 ⁹Pray then like this: ¹⁰"Our Father in heaven, ¹¹hallowed be ¹²your name.^[a]

10 ¹³Your kingdom come, ¹⁴your will be done,^{[b] 15}on earth as it is in heaven.

11 ¹⁶Give us ¹⁷this day our daily bread,^[c]

12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

13 And ¹⁸lead us not into temptation, but ¹⁹deliver us from ²⁰evil.^[d]

14 ²¹For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,

15 ²²but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Cross References

• 1. Mark 11:25; Luke 18:11
• 2. ver. 2, 16
• 3. 2 Kings 4:33; Isaiah 26:20
• 4. ver. 4, 18
• 5. ver. 32; Matthew 5:47
• 6. 1 Kings 18:26
• 7. Proverbs 10:19; Ecclesiastes 5:2
• 8. ver. 32
• 9. For ver. 9-13, [Luke 11:2-4]
• 10. ver. 1
• 11. Isaiah 29:23; [Luke 1:49; 1 Peter 3:15]
• 12. John 17:6
• 13. [Matthew 3:2; Matthew 4:17]
• 14. Matthew 26:42; Luke 22:42; Acts 21:14; [Matthew 12:50; Hebrews 13:21]
• 15. Psalms 103:20, 21; Daniel 4:35
• 16. Proverbs 30:8
• 17. [ver. 34]
• 18. Matthew 26:41; Mark 14:38; Luke 22:40, 46; [1 Corinthians 10:13]
• 19. John 17:15; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; [2 Timothy 4:18]
• 20. See Matthew 13:19
• 21. Mark 11:25; Luke 6:37; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13
• 22. Matthew 18:35; See James 2:13

Footnotes

• [a]. Or Let your name be kept holy, or Let your name be treated with reverence
• [b]. Or Let your kingdom come, let your will be done
• [c]. Or our bread for tomorrow
• [d]. Or the evil one; some manuscripts add For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen