The

Lord's Prayer The Lord's Prayer, also called the Our Father or Pater Noster, is a central Christian prayer which Jesus taught as the way to pray. Two versions of this prayer are recorded in the gospels: a longer form within the Sermon on the Mount in the Gosp ...

has been translated and updated throughout the history of the

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. Here are examples which show the major developments:

Translations of Matthew 6:9b–13

The text of the Matthean

in the

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(KJV) of the

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ultimately derives from first

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translations. Not considering the

doxology A doxology (Ancient Greek: ''doxologia'', from , '' doxa'' 'glory' and -, -''logia'' 'saying') is a short hymn of praises to God in various forms of Christian worship, often added to the end of canticles, psalms, and hymns. The tradition derive ...

, only five words of the KJV are later borrowings directly from the

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(these being ''debts'', ''debtors'', ''temptation'', ''deliver'', and ''amen''). Early English translations such as the Wycliffe and the Old English, however, were themselves translations of the Latin Vulgate. :AD 995,

The Gothic and Anglo-Saxon gospels in parallel columns with the versions of Wycliffe and Tyndale
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:AD 1549 Anglican BCP : : : : : : : : : : :- :- :Amen. :AD 1662 Anglican BCP :Our Father, which art in heaven, :Hallowed be thy Name. :Thy kingdom come. :Thy will be done, :in earth as it is in heaven. :Give us this day our daily bread. :And forgive us our trespasses, :As we forgive them that trespass against us. :And lead us not into temptation; :But deliver us from evil: : or thine is the kingdom, the power, :and the glory, for ever and ever.:Amen. :1759 Ordo administrandi sacramenta :Our Father who art in heaven, :hallowed be thy name. :Thy kingdom come. :Thy will be done :on earth as it is in heaven. :Give us this day our daily bread, :and forgive us our trespasses, :as we forgive them that trespass against us, :and lead us not into temptation, :but deliver us from evil. :- :- :Amen. :AD 1772 Anglican BCP :Our Father, which art in heaven; :Hallowed by thy Name. :Thy kingdom come. :Thy will be done in earth, :As it is in heaven. :Give us this day our daily bread. :And forgive us our trespasses, :As we forgive them that trespass against us. :And lead us not into temptation; :But deliver us from evil: : or thine is the kingdom, :and the power, :and the glory, for ever and ever.:Amen. :

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1885 : : : : : : : : : : :- :- :Amen. :The 1892 U.S. BCP : : : : : : : : : : : or thine is the kingdom, and the power, :and the glory, for ever and ever.:Amen. :AD 1928 Anglican BCPForms of Prayer
/ref> :Our Father, who art in heaven, :Hallowed be thy Name. :Thy kingdom come. :Thy will be done, :On earth as it is in heaven. :Give us this day our daily bread. :And forgive us our trespasses, :As we forgive those who trespass against us. :And lead us not into temptation, :But deliver us from evil. :For thine is the kingdom, and the power, :and the glory, for ever and ever. :Amen. :AD 1988 ELLC :Our Father in heaven, :hallowed be your name, :your kingdom come, :your will be done, :on earth as in heaven. :Give us today our daily bread. :Forgive us our sins :as we forgive those who sin against us. :Save us from the time of trial :and deliver us from evil. : or the kingdom, the power, :and the glory are yours now and for ever.:Amen. :AD 2000 Church of England '' Common Worship'' :Our Father in heaven, :hallowed be your name, :your kingdom come, :your will be done, :on earth as in heaven. :Give us today our daily bread. :Forgive us our sins :as we forgive those who sin against us. :Lead us not into temptation :but deliver us from evil. :For the kingdom, the power, :and the glory are yours :now and for ever. :Amen. :AD 2011 Catholic

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:Our Father who art in heaven, :hallowed be thy name; :thy kingdom come; :thy will be done :on earth as it is in heaven. :Give us this day our daily bread, :and forgive us our trespasses, :as we forgive those who trespass against us; :and lead us not into temptation, :but deliver us from evil.

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:Heavenly Father, :May all revere thee, :And become thy dutiful Children and faithful Subjects. :May thy Laws be obeyed on Earth as perfectly as they are in Heaven. :Provide for us this Day as thou has hitherto daily done. :Forgive us our Trespasses, and enable us likewise to forgive those that offend us. :Keep us out of Temptation, and deliver us from Evil.

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* * * * * {{Cite book , title=The Papers of Benjamin Franklin , date=1972 , publisher=Yale University Press , editor-last=Willcox , editor-first=William B. , volume=15 (January 1 through December 31, 1768) , location=New Haven and London , pages=299–303 , chapter=A New Version of the Lord’s Prayer, ate 1768?, chapter-url=https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-15-02-0170 , editor-link=William B. Willcox Lord's Prayer History of the English language