Luke 11:2

2 Jesus told them, "When you pray, say this: Father, let your name be kept holy. Let your kingdom come.

Luke 11:2 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 11:2

And he said unto them
That is Jesus, as the Syriac and Persic versions express, who directed his speech to all the disciples; for though but one of them addressed him, it was in the name of the rest: and besides, the instructions Christ was about to give concerned them all, even those that heard them before, and those that had not:

when ye pray, say, our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be
thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, as in heaven, so
in earth;
the last petition is left out in the Vulgate Latin; (See Gill on Matthew 6:9), (See Gill on Matthew 6:10).

Luke 11:2 In-Context

1 Once Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he stopped praying, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray as John taught his disciples."
2 Jesus told them, "When you pray, say this: Father, let your name be kept holy. Let your kingdom come.
3 Give us our bread day by day.
4 Forgive us as we forgive everyone else. Don't allow us to be tempted."
5 Jesus said to his disciples, "Suppose one of you has a friend. Suppose you go to him at midnight and say, 'Friend, let me borrow three loaves of bread.
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