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NASB | Luke 11:2 And He said to them, "When you pray, say: 'Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 11:2 He said to them, "When you pray, say: 'Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. |
Bible Question: Why is "The Lord's Prayer" in Luke 11:1-4 and Matthew 6:9-13 traditionally known as "The Lord's Prayer" when He Himself could not have prayed it? Jesus was without sin (Luke 11:4). Shouldn't this be known as "The Disciple's Prayer"? |
Bible Answer: Yes, Nolan, it is the Lord's prayer only in the sense that He gave it to His disciples as their model or pattern of what their prayers should be like. He never needed to pray for forgivenness of His sins for the quite clear reason that He lived without sinning. I'm unconvinced that Jesus ever meant this prayer to be prayed verbatim as part of a liturgy. Once I heard a cleric ask his congregation to stand and repeat the Lord's prayer. It crossed my mind that a parrot can be taught to repeat it, but only a human being can be taught pray. --Hank |