What does Matthew 6:9 mean?

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Matthew 6:9, King James Version

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Matthew 6:7-11

  1. 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.
  2. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
  3. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
  4. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
  5. 11 Give us this day our daily bread.

Study note

Tyndale Open Study Notes (CC BY-SA 4.0).

6:9-13 The Lord’s Prayer is similar in form to a common Jewish prayer (the qaddish). Jesus gave this prayer to his followers as a succinct expression of their new faith.

6:9 Pray like this: In contrast to the vain repetition of pagan prayers (6:7-8), “the Lord’s Prayer” is a model of simplicity. • Jews rarely addressed God as Father, but Jesus did so in every prayer but one (Mark 15:34). • may your name be kept holy: God’s name is profaned by the sin of his people (Isa 29:22-24; Jer 34:15-16; Ezek 39:7; Amos 2:7).

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About the book of Matthew

Author
anonymous; early church tradition credits the apostle Matthew
When
c. AD 60 to 80
Period
Vida de Jesus, c. 5 a.C. a 33 d.C. (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

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