Luke - 11:2

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2 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.

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 11:2.

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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.
And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Father, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Father, thy name be hallowed; thy kingdom come;
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;
So He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Father may Thy name be kept holy; let Thy Kingdom come;
And he said to them, When you say your prayers, say, Father, may your name be kept holy and your kingdom come.
He said to them, 'When you pray, say, 'Father, hallowed be your name. May your Kingdom come.
And he said to them: "When you are praying, say: Father, may your name be kept holy. May your kingdom come.
"When you pray," Jesus answered, "say – 'Father, May your name be held holy, your kingdom come.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 6:9-13.

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, (1) Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
(1) A form of true prayer.

And he said unto them,.... That is Jesus, as the Syriac and Persic versions express, who directed his speech to all the disciples; for though but one of them addressed him, it was in the name of the rest: and besides, the instructions Christ was about to give concerned them all, even those that heard them before, and those that had not:
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; the last petition is left out in the Vulgate Latin; See Gill on Matthew 6:9, Matthew 6:10.

(See on Matthew 6:9-13).

When ye pray, say - And what he said to them is undoubtedly said to us also. We are therefore here directed, not only to imitate this in all our prayers, but to use this very form of prayer. Matthew 6:9.

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