The common source of the two existing versions, whether Q or an oral or another written tradition, was elaborated differently in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. In biblical criticism, the absence of the Lord's Prayer in the Gospel of Mark, together with its occurrence in Matthew and Luke, has caused scholars who accept the two-source hypothesis (against other document hypotheses) to conclude that it is probably a logion original to the Q source. Relationship between the Matthaean and Lucan texts Īnd do not bring us to the time of trial. Īnd forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.Īnd forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.Īnd do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Texts New Revised Standard Version Matthew 6:9–13 ( NRSV) įather,

4 Comparisons with other prayer traditions.

1.4 Liturgical texts: Greek, Syriac, Latin.

1.3 Original Greek text and Syriac and Latin translations.

1.2 Relationship between the Matthaean and Lucan texts.Although theological differences and various modes of worship divide Christians, according to Fuller Seminary professor Clayton Schmit, 'there is a sense of solidarity in knowing that Christians around the globe are praying together. Protestants usually conclude the prayer with a doxology (in some versions, 'For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever, Amen'), a later addition appearing in some manuscripts of Matthew. The prayer is used by most Christian denominations in their worship with few exceptions, the liturgical form is the Matthean. Initial words on the topic from the Catechism of the Catholic Church teach that it 'is truly the summary of the whole gospel'. Both original Greek texts contain the adjective epiousios, which does not appear in any other classical or Koine Greek literature while controversial, 'daily' has been the most common English-language translation of this word. Matthew's account alone includes the 'Your will be done' and the 'Rescue us from the evil one' (or 'Deliver us from evil') petitions. The first three of the seven petitions in Matthew address God the other four are related to human needs and concerns. Regarding the presence of the two versions, some have suggested that both were original, the Matthean version spoken by Jesus early in his ministry in Galilee, and the Lucan version one year later, 'very likely in Judea'.

Two versions of this prayer are recorded in the gospels: a longer form within the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, and a shorter form in the Gospel of Luke when 'one of his disciples said to him, 'Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples ''. The Lord's Prayer, also called the Our Father or Pater Noster, is a central Christian prayer which, Jesus taught as the way to pray. The Lord's Prayer ( Le Pater Noster), by James Tissot

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