Matthew 6:11 facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Matthew 6:11
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A 19th century depiction of this verse
Book	Gospel of Matthew
Christian Bible part	New Testament

Matthew 6:11 is the eleventh verse of the sixth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and forms part of the Sermon on the Mount. This verse is the third one of the Lord's Prayer, one of the best known parts of the entire New Testament. This brief verse contains the fourth petition to God.

Text

Matthew 6:7–16 from the 1845 illuminated book of The Sermon on the Mount, designed by Owen Jones.

The original Koine Greek, according to Westcott and Hort, reads:

Τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον

(Interlinear: "The -- bread -- of-us -- - -- epiousion -- give -- us -- today")

"Give us today our epiousios bread"

Matthew 6:11

Via linguistic parsing, Epiousios is translated as supersubstantialem in the Vulgate (Matthew 6:11) and accordingly as supersubstantial in the Douay–Rheims Bible (Matthew 6:11):

"Give us this day our supersubstantial bread."

Reflecting interpretations from the Vetus Latina, the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:

"Give us this day our daily bread."

The English Standard Version translates the passage as:

"Give us this day our daily bread."

For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 6:11.

This petition marks a change in the character of the prayer. The first three petitions called for the glory of God in the second person. This petition, and the two that follow, call for personal needs to be met in the second person plural. Unlike the earlier parts of the prayer, there is no clear parallel to this one in Jewish prayers of that era.