Matthew 6:11

Matthew 6:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Give us this day our daily bread.
• New International Version (NIV)Give us today our daily bread.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Give us this day our daily bread,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Give us this day our daily bread.

Context of Matthew 6:11

9So this is how you should pray: “God, our Father who is in heaven, we want people to give honour to you. 10We want the day when you rule everyone to come soon. We want everyone to obey you on earth, like everyone in heaven obeys you. Please give us the food that we need today. 12We have forgiven people who have done wrong things to us. In the same way, please forgive us for the wrong things that we have done. 13Do not let us agree to do wrong things. Keep us safe from Satan.” ’

Matthew 6:11 word by word

τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• this dayσήμερονsēmeron · todayG4594
• dailyἐπιούσιοςepiousios · dailyG1967
• breadἄρτοςartos · breadG740

Cross-references for Matthew 6:11

• Matthew 4:4But Jesus replied, ‘No! The Bible says that food alone cannot cause people to live. They need to hear every word that God speaks. That is what gives them true life.’
• Exodus 16:16This is what the Lord has commanded: “Each family must pick up as much as they need to eat. Pick up two litres for each person who lives in your tent.” ’
• Job 23:12I have been careful to obey his commands. His words are more important to me than my food.
• Psalms 33:18Remember, the Lord takes care of people who respect him. Those people trust him for his faithful love.
• Psalms 34:10Even young lions may not have food, so that they become hungry. But people who trust the Lord for help will receive every good thing that they need.
• Proverbs 30:8Do not let me ever deceive people with lies. Do not let me be too rich or too poor. Give me only as much food as I need each day.
• Isaiah 33:16People who are like that will live in a safe place. Danger will not reach them among the high rocks. They will always have food to eat, and plenty of water to drink.
• Luke 11:3Please give to us the food that we need each day.
• John 6:31Our ancestors ate manna in the wilderness. We know that it says in the Bible, “God gave bread to them from heaven for them to eat.” ’
• 2 Thessalonians 3:12We have something to say to people who are lazy like that. We warn them with the authority that the Lord Jesus Christ gives to us. They must stop causing trouble. They must work properly, so that they get their own food to eat.
• 1 Timothy 6:8So, if we have enough food and clothes, we should be happy with that.

Commentaries on Matthew 6:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Give us this day our daily bread - The word has greatly perplexed critics and commentators. I find upwards of thirty different explanations of it. It is found in no Greek writer before the evangelists, and Origen says expressly, that it was formed by them, ' . The interpretation of Theophylact, one of the best of the Greek fathers, has ever appeared to me to be the most correct, ͅ , Bread, sufficient for our substance and support, i.e. That quantity of…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. 11Give us this day our daily bread: A disciple can confidently ask God to provide for daily needs. Then the disciple can continue the work of the kingdom without worry (Matthew 6:25–34).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Give us this day our daily bread--The compound word here rendered "daily" occurs nowhere else, either in classical or sacred Greek, and so must be interpreted by the analogy of its component parts. But on this critics are divided. To those who would understand it to mean, "Give us this day the bread of to-morrow"--as if the sense thus slid into that of Luke "Give us day by day" (Lu 11:2, (as Bengel, Meyer, &c.) it may be answered that the sense thus…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 6:11

• Blessing
• Food
• Gifts from God
• Motive
• Prayer
• Religion

In the dictionaries

• Add
• Appear
• Closet
• Consider
• Corrupt
• Countenance
• Despise
• Fast
• Forgive
• Glory

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