Matthew 6:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Therefore, you should pray this way: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be highly honored. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Pray, therefore, like this: Our Father Who is in heaven, hallowed (kept holy) be Your name. American Standard Version (1901) After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Common English Bible Pray like this: Our Father who is in heaven, uphold the holiness of your name. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, you shall pray in this way: Our Father, who is in heaven: May your name be kept holy. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. |
Are not two sparrows sold [in the market for food] for a small coin [Note: The coin mentioned here was worth about a half hour’s worth of a farm laborer’s pay, or about $4.50 in 2005]? And not a [single] one of them can fall to the ground without your Father [knowing about it].
And do not call any man on earth ‘father,’ [i.e., in a religious sense], for the [only] one who is your Father is in heaven.
But I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine [i.e., grape juice] from now on until that day when I will drink it again with you [i.e., figuratively] in my Father’s kingdom.”
He [then] went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if this [cup of suffering] cannot pass away unless I drink it [i.e., experience the suffering], [then] let what You want be done.”
In that same way, you should allow your light [i.e., influence] to shine in front of people, so that they will see your good deeds and [be led to] honor your Father in heaven.
Therefore, you must [attempt to] be complete, just as your heavenly Father is [already] complete.”
For if you forgive the wrongs people have done [to you], your heavenly Father will also forgive the wrongs you have done [to Him].
But when you pray, go to a private place and after closing the door, pray to your Father who is in a secret place, and [since] He sees in secret places, He will reward you.
If then you know how to give good gifts to your children, even though you are sinful [human beings], how much more [likely] is it that your Father in heaven will give good things to those who ask Him?
I will get up and go to my father and say to him, Father, I have sinned against [the God of] heaven and against you.
Then the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against [the God of] heaven and against you. I do not deserve to be called your son.’
“May there be glory to God in the highest [heavens], and may there be peace on earth among men who are pleasing to God.”
Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not ascended to the Father yet [Note: Apparently Jesus was discouraging Mary from embracing Him in worship as was done in Matt. 28:9, and thereby causing a delay of when the rest of the disciples would learn of His resurrection], but go to my brothers and tell them [I said] ‘I am [about] to ascend to my Father and to your Father, and to my God and your God.’”
All of you there in Rome [i.e., the church there] are also among such obedient believers. You are called Jesus Christ’s [people], loved by God and called to be His holy people. May you have unearned favor and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
For you did not receive the Holy Spirit, to enslave you again to fear, [Note: Some translators take “Holy Spirit” here to be “spirit,” making the verse say “you did not receive the spirit of slavery”], but you received the Holy Spirit [or, a spirit] by adoption [who produces] sonship, so we can call out, “Abba” [which means] “Father.”
[This letter is from] Paul, an apostle, (not from [the authority of] men, or through the [agency] of a man, but by [a direct commission from] Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead).
And because you are [His] children, God sent the Holy Spirit of His Son into our hearts, to call out, “Abba,” [which means] “Father.”
He alone possesses immortality [Note: That is, only God possesses an eternal existence, with neither beginning nor ending. See John 5:26], and lives in unapproachable light. No one has seen Him, or can see Him. May there be honor and never ending power to Him. May it be so.
And if you call upon [God as your] Father, who judges each person’s work impartially, [then] conduct yourselves during the time you spend in this life showing reverence [to God].
“Our Lord and our God, you deserve to receive the glory and the honor and the power for you created everything, and they exist because you wanted them to, so they were created.”
They were saying in a loud voice [See Note at 4:8], “The Lamb, who was killed, deserves to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and splendor and praise.”