Luke 11:2
New International Version
He said to them, “When you pray, say: “’Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.

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

English Standard Version
And he said to them, “When you pray, say: “Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come.

Berean Standard Bible
So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.

Berean Literal Bible
And He said to them, "When you pray say: 'Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.

King James Bible
And he said unto them, 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.

New King James Version
So He said to them, “When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.

New American Standard Bible
And He said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.

NASB 1995
And He said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.

NASB 1977
And He said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come.

Legacy Standard Bible
And He said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.

Amplified Bible
He said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.

Christian Standard Bible
He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say, Father, your name be honored as holy. Your kingdom come.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say: Father, Your name be honored as holy. Your kingdom come.

American Standard Version
And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.

Contemporary English Version
So Jesus told them, "Pray in this way: 'Father, help us to honor your name. Come and set up your kingdom.

English Revised Version
And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Father, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus told them, "When you pray, say this: Father, let your name be kept holy. Let your kingdom come.

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

International Standard Version
So he told them, "Whenever you pray you are to say, 'Father, may your name be kept holy. May your kingdom come.

Majority Standard Bible
So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth. as it is in heaven.

NET Bible
So he said to them, "When you pray, say: Father, may your name be honored; may your kingdom come.

New Heart English Bible
So he said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Our Father in heaven, holy be your name. May your kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

Weymouth New Testament
So He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Father may Thy name be kept holy; let Thy Kingdom come;

World English Bible
He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And He said to them, “When you may pray, say: Our Father who is in the heavens, hallowed be Your Name; Your kingdom come, Your will come to pass, as in Heaven also on earth;

Berean Literal Bible
And He said to them, "When you pray say: 'Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.

Young's Literal Translation
And he said to them, 'When ye may pray, say ye: Our Father who art in the heavens; hallowed be Thy name: Thy reign come; Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on earth;

Smith's Literal Translation
And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Our Father he in the heavens, Holy be thy name. Let thy kingdom come. Let thy will be, as in heaven, also upon the earth.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to them: When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he said to them: “When you are praying, say: Father, may your name be kept holy. May your kingdom come.

New American Bible
He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.

New Revised Standard Version
He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Jesus said to them, When you pray, say like this, Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Let thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Yeshua said to them, “When you pray, you shall say thus: 'Our Father, who are in Heaven'
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And he said to them: "When you pray, say, Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

Godbey New Testament
And He said to them, When you pray, say, Our Father, let thy name be hallowed: let thy kingdom come:

Haweis New Testament
And he said unto them, 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 upon earth.

Mace New Testament
he said therefore to them, when ye pray, say, "our father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth, as in heaven.

Weymouth New Testament
So He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Father may Thy name be kept holy; let Thy Kingdom come;

Worrell New Testament
And He said to them, "When ye pray, say, 'Father, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come.

Worsley New Testament
And He said unto them, when ye pray, say, "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done as in heaven so also upon earth;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Lord's Prayer
1One day in a place where Jesus had just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” 2So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. 3Give us each day our daily bread.…

Cross References
Matthew 6:9-13
So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. / Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. / Give us this day our daily bread. ...

Isaiah 29:23
For when he sees his children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

Ezekiel 36:23
I will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My holiness in you before their eyes.

Matthew 6:10
Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Romans 8:15
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Galatians 4:6
And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

Psalm 103:13
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

1 Peter 1:17
Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.

Isaiah 63:16
Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.

Jeremiah 31:9
They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”

Malachi 1:6
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’

John 17:1-5
When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You. / For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him. / Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. ...

Revelation 4:11
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.”

Psalm 89:26
He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

1 John 3:1
Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.


Treasury of Scripture

And he said to them, When you pray, say, Our Father which are in heaven, Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

When.

Ecclesiastes 5:2
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Hosea 14:2
Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.

Matthew 6:6-8
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly…

Our.

Isaiah 63:16
Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.

Matthew 6:9
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Romans 1:7
To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

which.

2 Chronicles 20:6
And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?

Psalm 11:4
The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

Ecclesiastes 5:2
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Hallowed.

Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

Leviticus 22:23
Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

1 Kings 8:43
Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.

Thy kingdom.

Luke 10:9-11
And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you…

Isaiah 2:2-5
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it…

Daniel 2:44
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

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Luke 11
1. Jesus teaches us to pray, and that instantly;
11. assuring us that God will give all good things to those who ask him.
14. He, casting out a demon, rebukes the blasphemous Pharisees;
27. and shows who are blessed;
29. preaches to the people;
37. and reprimands the outward show of holiness.














So He said to them
This phrase introduces Jesus' direct instruction to His disciples. The context here is crucial; Jesus is responding to a request from His disciples to teach them how to pray, as John taught his disciples. This highlights the importance of prayer in the life of a believer and the desire of the disciples to learn from Jesus, the Master Teacher. The Greek word for "said" (εἶπεν, eipen) indicates a definitive and authoritative instruction, emphasizing the importance of what follows.

When you pray
The phrase "when you pray" implies that prayer is an expected and regular part of a believer's life. The Greek word for "when" (ὅταν, hotan) suggests a habitual action, not a conditional one. This indicates that prayer is not optional but a fundamental aspect of the Christian faith. It is a direct line of communication with God, reflecting a relationship that is both personal and communal.

say
The word "say" (λέγετε, legete) is a command, indicating that the words Jesus is about to provide are not merely suggestions but a model for prayer. This underscores the importance of the content and structure of prayer, as taught by Jesus. It is a directive to speak these words with intention and understanding, reflecting the heart's posture before God.

Father
The term "Father" (Πάτερ, Pater) is deeply significant, reflecting an intimate and personal relationship with God. In the Jewish context, addressing God as "Father" was revolutionary, emphasizing a close, familial relationship rather than a distant, impersonal deity. This term invites believers into a relationship of trust, love, and dependence, recognizing God as the source of life and authority.

hallowed be Your name
The phrase "hallowed be Your name" (ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου, hagiasthetō to onoma sou) is a declaration of reverence and holiness. "Hallowed" means to sanctify or set apart as holy. This reflects the believer's acknowledgment of God's sacredness and the desire for His name to be honored and revered above all. It is a call to live in a way that reflects God's holiness and to proclaim His glory in the world.

Your kingdom come
"Your kingdom come" (ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου, elthetō hē basileia sou) is a petition for God's sovereign rule to be established on earth as it is in heaven. This reflects a longing for the fulfillment of God's promises and the ultimate realization of His divine plan. It is a prayer for justice, peace, and righteousness to prevail, aligning the believer's heart with God's purposes and anticipating the return of Christ and the establishment of His eternal kingdom.

(2) When ye pray, say, . . .--The reproduction, with only a verbal variation here and there, which may well have been the work of the reporter, of what had been given in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:9-11), is every way significant. That which had been given to the multitude was enough for them. If they wanted to be taught to pray at all, if earnest desires did not spontaneously clothe themselves in words, then this simplest and shortest of all prayers expressed all that they should seek to ask. To utter each of those petitions from the heart, entering into its depth and fulness, was better than to indulge in any amplitude of rhetoric.

(2-4) Our Father which art in heaven.--See Notes on Matthew 6:9-11. The following variations may be noticed. (1) The better MSS. omit "our" and "which art in heaven," and begin with the simple "Father." It was, of course, natural enough that it should be, in course of time, adapted by transcribers to the form which was in common use. (2) Many of the best MSS., again, omit the whole clause, "Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth," which may have been inserted with the same purpose. (3) St. Luke substitutes "day by day" for "this day," and so implies that the word ????????? (epiousios), translated "daily," must have some other meaning. (See Excursus II. on Notes to St. Matthew.) (4) St. Luke uses the word "sins" instead of "debts," as being, perhaps, more adapted to the minds of his Gentile readers, while he retains the primary idea of St. Matthew's term in the words, "every one that is indebted to us." The familiar "Forgive us our trespasses," of the Prayer Book, it may be noted, is not found in the Authorised version at all, and comes to us from Tyndale's. (5) Many of the better MSS. omit the clause, "But deliver us from evil," this too, probably, being an addition made for the sake of conformity. (6) St. Luke (all the MSS. here agreeing) omits the final doxology found in some, but not in the best, MSS. of St. Matthew.

Verse 2. - And he said unto them, When ye pray, say. The older authorities leave out the clauses erased. The prayer, as originally reported by St. Luke, no doubt stood as follows. The erased clauses were filled in by early scribes from the longer formula supplied by St. Matthew, and spoken at an earlier period by the Master: -

"Our Father which, art in heaven,

Hallowed be thy Name.

Thy kingdom come. . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
So
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

[Jesus] told
Εἶπεν (Eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

them,
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“When
Ὅταν (Hotan)
Conjunction
Strong's 3752: When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as.

you pray,
προσεύχησθε (proseuchēsthe)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4336: To pray, pray for, offer prayer. From pros and euchomai; to pray to God, i.e. Supplicate, worship.

say:
λέγετε (legete)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

‘Father,
Πάτερ (Pater)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

hallowed be
ἁγιασθήτω (hagiasthētō)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 37: From hagios; to make holy, i.e. purify or consecrate; to venerate.

Your
σου (sou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

name.
ὄνομά (onoma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3686: Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'.

Your
σου (sou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

kingdom
βασιλεία (basileia)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 932: From basileus; properly, royalty, i.e. rule, or a realm.

come.
Ἐλθέτω (Elthetō)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2064: To come, go.


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