Lord’s Prayer

The Lord's Prayer (also called the Our Father or Pater Noster, among other names) is a venerated Christian prayer that, according to the New Testament, Jesus taught as the way to pray.

Two versions of this prayer are recorded: the long form in the Gospel of Matthew in the middle of the Sermon on the Mount, and the short form in the Gospel of Luke when 'one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John [the Baptist] taught his disciples."' The Sermon on the Mount discourse also includes the benefit of secrecy and least wording.

The Matthew account alone includes the "Your will be done" and the "Rescue us from the evil one" (or "Deliver us from evil") petitions. Some late manuscripts of Matthew add the doxology "For yours is the kingdom and ..."

Both original Greek texts of the prayer contain the word epiousios, which does not appear in any other classical or Koine Greek literature, and is also the only adjective in the prayer. While controversial, "daily" has been the most common English-language translation of this word.

The first three of the seven petitions in Matthew address God; the other four are related to human needs and concerns. Some Christians, particularly Protestants, conclude the prayer with a doxology, a later addendum appearing in some manuscripts of Matthew.

Matthew 6:9–6:13 (NRSV)

Luke 11:2–11:4 (NRSV)

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