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

7And when you are praying, do not babble on and on like the pagans; for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. “Therefore, pray in this way: ‘Our Father in heaven, sanctified be Your name. 10Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 11Give us this day 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 11:1Now Yeshua was praying in a certain place. When He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Master, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
• Matthew 6:1“Beware of practicing your righteousness before others to be seen by them; otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.
• Matthew 5:16In the same way, let your light shine before men so they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”
• Matthew 7:11If you then, being 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 10:29“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them shall fall to the ground apart from your Father’s consent.
• Matthew 26:29But I say to you, I will never drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in My Father’s kingdom.”
• Isaiah 63:16For You are our Father— even if Abraham would not know us or Israel not recognize us. You, Adonai, are our Father, our Redeemer— from everlasting is Your Name.
• Isaiah 64:8Do not be angry much more, Adonai, or remember iniquity forever. Oh, please see, we are all Your people!
• Luke 15:18I’ll get up and go to my father, and I’ll say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your presence.
• John 20:17Yeshua says to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet gone up to the Father. Go to My brothers and tell them, ‘I am going up to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
• Romans 1:7To all those in Rome, loved by God, called to be kedoshim: Grace to you and shalom from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah!
• Romans 8:15For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall again into fear; rather, you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
• Galatians 1:1Paul, an emissary (sent not from men or by man, but by Yeshua the Messiah and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead),
• Galatians 4:6Now because you are sons, God sent the Ruach of His Son into our hearts, who cries out, “Abba! Father!”
• 1 Peter 1:17If you call on Him as Father—the One who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds—then live out the time of sojourning in reverent fear.
• Matthew 23:9And call no man on earth your father; for One is your 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

Topics related to Matthew 6:9

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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