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This 4 page paper begins with comments about the Sermon and where the Lord's Prayer is set within the sermon. The writer comments on the differences between Matthew's version and Luke's version but the emphasis of this essay is Matthew 6:9-13. The structure of the prayer and the petitions in it are identified and discussed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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and warnings about false teachers. This Sermon is recorded in Matthew, Chapters 5, 6 and 7. It begins with the Beatitudes. The Lords Prayer is recorded in Matthew 6:9-13 and
is the third major topic. It is interesting to note that before the Reformation, this prayer was known simply as the "Our Father" (Thurston, 1910). It is only in Matthew
that the Lords Prayer is "set within a larger teaching context, the Sermon on the Mount" (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871). There are some differences in this prayer between
the Gospels of Matthew (Matthew 6:9-13) and Luke (Luke 10:2-4). Luke begins simply with "Father" while Matthew begins with "Our Father." Gill suggests the term "Our Father" tells us that
we are praying for all people: "it [Our Father] shows that we should pray for others as well as for ourselves, even for all the dear children of God." This
was a Jewish custom, a rule, that required the people to "join himself in prayer with the church" (Gill, 1999). Even though there are differences between Matthew and Luke, in
both cases, the Lords Prayer "is a teaching moment [and] both gospels confer on this prayer the authority of the Lord" (Brown, 2000, p. 42). This authority was essential for
the prayer to be accepted by the people. Lukes version uses the term sins rather than debts as is found in Matthew. Matthew has an extra phrase at the end
of the prayer ". . . but deliver us from the evil one" (Matthew 6:13) which is not found in Lukes account. Using Lukes term, the phrase becomes clearer by
identifying that it is directed at spiritual types of debts rather than monetary. There are also some differences in terms of the background for the prayer. In Matthew, it
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