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An interesting question was posed in
my Sunday School Class about the Lord's Prayer. See Matthew
6:9b through 13 inclusive.
"Why would the Lord have us ask Him not to lead us in paths of
temptation?" "Would God lead us into temptation?"
What we do not see is what is actually written in the
Greek about this. While the translation of the word we use as
"temptation" is basically accurate, the Greek exposes a much deeper
perspective.
Actually it means to pray to keep us from adversity
and to deliver us from our temptations, tests, and trials that we surely
face as we walk this life.
Click the link to the left to download or view a pdf
of this exegesis in Greek of the Lord's Prayer. You will also
discover additional depth and meaning to what the Lord Jesus was
teaching us.
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Here is the entire chapter of Matthew 6 for your
reference and reading pleasure:
Matthew 6:1
Take heed that
ye do
not your
alms before
men, to
be seen
of them:
otherwise ye
have no
reward of
your Father
which is
in heaven.
Matthew 6:2
Therefore when
thou doest
thine
alms, do
not sound a trumpet
before thee,
as the
hypocrites do
in the
synagogues and
in the
streets, that
they may
have glory of
men. Verily
I say
unto you,
They have
their reward.
Matthew 6:3
But when
thou doest
alms, let
not thy
left hand know
what thy
right hand doeth:
Matthew 6:4
That thine
alms may
be in
secret: and
thy Father
which seeth in
secret himself
shall reward
thee openly.
Matthew 6:5
And when
thou prayest,
thou shalt
not be
as the
hypocrites are:
for they
love to
pray standing
in the
synagogues and
in the
corners of
the streets,
that they
may be
seen of
men. Verily
I say
unto you,
They have
their reward.
Matthew 6:6
But thou,
when thou
prayest, enter
into thy
closet, and
when thou
hast shut
thy door,
pray to
thy Father
which is
in secret;
and thy
Father which
seeth in
secret shall
reward thee
openly.
Matthew 6:7
But when
ye pray,
use not vain repetitions,
as the
heathen do:
for they
think that
they shall
be heard
for their
much speaking.
Matthew 6:8
Be not
ye therefore
like unto them:
for your
Father knoweth
what things ye
have need
of, before
ye ask
him.
Matthew 6:9
After this manner
therefore pray
ye: Our
Father which
art in
heaven, Hallowed
be thy
name.
Matthew 6:10
Thy kingdom
come. Thy
will be
done in
earth, as
it is
in heaven.
Matthew6:11
Give us
this day our
daily bread.
Mat 6:12
And forgive
us our
debts, as
we forgive
our debtors.
Matthew 6:13
And lead
us not
into temptation,
but deliver
us from
evil: For
thine is
the kingdom,
and the
power, and
the glory,
forever. Amen.
Matthew 6:14
For if
ye forgive
men their
trespasses, your
heavenly Father
will also
forgive you:
Matthew 6:15
But if
ye forgive
not men
their trespasses,
neither will
your Father
forgive your
trespasses.
Matthew 6:16
Moreover when
ye fast,
be not,
as the
hypocrites, of
a sad
countenance: for
they disfigure
their faces,
that they
may appear
unto men
to fast.
Verily I
say unto
you, They
have their
reward.
Matthew 6:17
But thou,
when thou
fastest, anoint
thine head,
and wash
thy face;
Matthew 6:18
That thou
appear not
unto men
to fast,
but unto
thy Father
which is
in secret:
and thy
Father, which
seeth in
secret, shall
reward thee
openly.
Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for
yourselves
treasures upon
earth, where
moth and
rust doth
corrupt, and
where thieves
break through and
steal:
Matthew 6:20
But lay up
for yourselves
treasures in
heaven, where
neither moth
nor rust
doth corrupt,
and where
thieves do
not break through
nor steal:
Matthew 6:21
For where
your treasure
is, there
will your
heart be
also.
Matthew 6:22
The light
of the
body is
the eye:
if therefore
thine eye
be single,
thy whole
body shall
be full of light.
Matthew 6:23
But if
thine eye
be evil,
thy whole
body shall
be full of
darkness. If
therefore the
light that
is in thee
be darkness,
how great is
that darkness!
Matthew 6:24
No man can
serve two
masters: for
either he
will hate
the one,
and love
the other;
or else
he will
hold to
the one,
and despise
the other.
Ye cannot
serve God
and mammon.
Matthew 6:25
Therefore I
say unto
you, Take no
thought for
your life,
what ye
shall eat,
or what
ye shall
drink; nor yet
for your
body, what
ye shall
put on. Is
not the
life more
than meat,
and the
body than
raiment?
Matthew 6:26
Behold the
fowls of
the air:
for they
sow not,
neither do
they reap,
nor gather
into barns;
yet your
heavenly Father
feedeth them.
Are ye not much better
than they?
Matthew 6:27
Which of
you by
taking thought
can add
one cubit
unto his
stature?
Matthew 6:28
And why
take ye thought
for raiment?
Consider the
lilies of
the field,
how they
grow; they
toil not,
neither do
they spin:
Matthew 6:29
And yet
I say
unto you,
That even
Solomon in
all his
glory was
not arrayed
like one
of these.
Matthewt 6:30
Wherefore, if
God so
clothe the
grass of
the field,
which today
is, and
tomorrow is
cast into
the oven,
shall
he not
much more
clothe you,
O ye of little
faith?
Matthew 6:31
Therefore take no
thought, saying,
What shall
we eat?
or, What
shall we
drink? or,
Wherewithal shall
we be
clothed?
Matthew 6:32
(For after
all these things
do the
Gentiles seek:)
for your
heavenly Father
knoweth that
ye have need
of all
these things.
Matthew 6:33
But seek
ye first
the kingdom
of God,
and his
righteousness;
and all
these things shall
be added
unto you.
Matthew 6:34
Take therefore no thought
for the
morrow: for
the morrow
shall take
thought for
the things of
itself.
Sufficient unto
the day
is the
evil thereof.
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