Luke 11:3

3 Give us each 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 Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

2 Jesus said, “This is how you should pray: “Father, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon.

3 Give us each day the food we need,

4 and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. And don’t let us yield to temptation. ”

5 Then, teaching them more about prayer, he used this story: “Suppose you went to a friend’s house at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves of bread. You say to him,

Footnotes

• [a] Or Give us each day our food for the day; or Give us each day our food for tomorrow.