Matthew 6:9

Matthew 6:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
• New International Version (NIV)“This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Pray then like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.

Context of Matthew 6:9

7When you pray, don’t babble like the Gentiles, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words. 8Don’t be like them, because your Father knows the things you need before you ask him. “Therefore, you should pray like this: Our Father in heaven, your name be honored as holy. 10Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 11Give us today our daily bread.

Matthew 6:9 word by word

Οὕτως οὖν προσεύχεσθε ὑμεῖς· πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• After this mannerοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• prayπροσεύχομαιproseuchomai · to prayG4336
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• Ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• which artὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• Hallowed beἁγιάζωhagiazō · to sanctifyG37
• nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686

Cross-references for Matthew 6:9

• Luke 11:1He was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”
• Matthew 6:1“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have no reward with your Father in heaven.
• Matthew 5:16In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
• Matthew 7:11If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him.
• Matthew 10:29Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s consent.
• Matthew 26:29But I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
• Isaiah 63:16Yet you are our Father, even though Abraham does not know us and Israel doesn’t recognize us. You, Lord, are our Father; your name is Our Redeemer from Ancient Times.
• Isaiah 64:8Yet Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we all are the work of your hands.
• Luke 15:18I’ll get up, go to my father, and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.
• John 20:17“Don’t cling to me,” Jesus told her, “since I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them that I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”
• Romans 1:7To all who are in Rome, loved by God, called as saints. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Romans 8:15For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear. Instead, you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father!”
• Galatians 1:1Paul, an apostle — not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead —
• Galatians 4:6And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”
• 1 Peter 1:17If you appeal to the Father who judges impartially according to each one’s work, you are to conduct yourselves in reverence during your time living as strangers.
• Matthew 23:9Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is in heaven.

Commentaries on Matthew 6:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9After this manner therefore pray ye - Forms of prayer were frequent among the Jews; and every public teacher gave one to his disciples. Some forms were drawn out to a considerable length, and from these abridgments were made: to the latter sort the following prayer properly belongs, and consequently, besides its own very important use, it is a plan for a more extended devotion. What satisfaction must it be to learn from God himself, with what words, and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-13Verses 9-13 This passage contains the Lord‘s prayer, a composition unequalled for comprehensiveness and for beauty. It is supposed that some of these petitions were taken from those in common use among the Jews. Indeed some of them are still to be found in Jewish writings, but they did not exist in this beautiful combination. This prayer is given as a “model.” It is designed to express the “manner” in which we are to pray, evidently not the precise words…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 Christ saw it needful to show his disciples what must commonly be the matter and method of their prayer. Not that we are tied up to the use of this only, or of this always; yet, without doubt, it is very good to use it. It has much in a little; and it is used acceptably no further than it is used with understanding, and without being needlessly repeated. The petitions are six; the first three relate more expressly to God and his honour, the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9This is how you should pray: This introduces what is often called the Lord’s Prayer. Unlike the long and repeated prayers of pagan worshipers (6:7–8). Most Jewish prayers did not call God “Father.” But Jesus did so in nearly every prayer. The only exception is his cry on the cross (Mark 15:34). hallowed be Your name: This means that God’s name should be honored. In the Old Testament, God’s name was dishonored when his people sinned (Isaiah 29:22–24…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. After this manner--more simply "Thus." therefore pray ye--The "ye" is emphatic here, in contrast with the heathen prayers. That this matchless prayer was given not only as a model, but as a form, might be concluded from its very nature. Did it consist only of hints or directions for prayer, it could only be used as a directory; but seeing it is an actual prayer--designed, indeed, to show how much real prayer could be compressed into the fewest words…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Matthew 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings