The Lord’s Prayer is a well-known Christian prayer found in the New Testament of the Bible. It appears in both Matthew and Luke and is often recited in church services and before meals. Some scholars believe it is an instruction on how to pray, while others use it as part of their spoken prayer. The prayer can be recited in Latin or English, with the most common English translation coming from the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. The King James Version of Matthew also has a slightly different version of the prayer.
The Lord’s Prayer, also known as Our Father or Pater noster, is one of the best-known prayers in the Christian faith. The Lord’s Prayer appears in two different versions in the New Testament of the Bible. It appears in both the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke. It is often incorporated into church services. Also, many families recite the Lord’s Prayer at the beginning of the evening meal. This is fitting as one of the lines is “Give us this day our daily bread.”
Some Bible scholars believe that the Lord’s Prayer is, in fact, an instruction in how to pray. In this school of thought, the Lord’s Prayer is something to be read and considered, but not to be memorized and repeated in prayer. In the context of the Bible, Matthew uses prayer when speaking out against people who pray empty and inconspicuous. He attacks individuals who only pray for posterity. Some believe he uses the Lord’s Prayer in this speech to describe how one should pray, not to offer words with which one should pray. Of course, many Christians do not subscribe to this interpretation of the Lord’s Prayer and use it as part of their spoken prayer.
Depending on the church tradition in which the Lord’s Prayer is recited, it may be spoken in either Latin or English. The following is the Lord’s Prayer in Latin:
Our father who art in heaven:
Hallowed be thy name;
Thy kingdom come;
Thy will be done, as it is in heaven, and on earth.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our debts
Just as we forgive our debtors;
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
The most common English translation of The Lord’s Prayer comes from the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, which was published in 1662. According to that text, The Lord’s Prayer reads as follows:
Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be your name.
Come your kingdom.
They will be made,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins,
As we forgive them who offend us.
And lead us not into temptation;
But deliver us from evil.
Since yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory,
Forever. Amen
However, the Lord’s Prayer is different in the current biblical text. In the King James Version of Matthew, the Lord’s Prayer looks like this:
In this way therefore pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Come your kingdom. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13)
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