Luke 11:3

3 Keep us alive with three square meals.

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 he was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said, "Master, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples."

2 So he said, "When you pray, say, Father, Reveal who you are. Set the world right.

3 Keep us alive with three square meals.

4 Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others. Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil."

5 Then he said, "Imagine what would happen if you went to a friend in the middle of the night and said, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread.