Luke 11:3

3 Give us day by day the food we need.

Luke 11:3 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 11:3

Give us day by day our daily bread.
] Or "for the day"; or "every day", as the Syriac version renders it; (See Gill on Matthew 6:11)

Luke 11:3 In-Context

1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."

2 Jesus said to them, "When you pray, say this: "Father: May your holy name be honored; may your Kingdom come.

3 Give us day by day the food we need.

4 Forgive us our sins, for we forgive everyone who does us wrong. And do not bring us to hard testing.' "

5 And Jesus said to his disciples, "Suppose one of you should go to a friend's house at midnight and say, "Friend, let me borrow three loaves of bread.

Footnotes

• [a] the food we need; [or] food for the next day.