Matthew 6:9
Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
In Context
10Let your kingdom come. Let your pleasure be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:3Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.
1 Kings 8:43Give ear in heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and that they may see that this house which I have put up is truly named by your name.
2 Chronicles 20:6And said, O Lord, the God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? are you not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in your hands are power and strength so that no one is able to keep his place against you.
Psalms 72:18Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, the only doer of wonders.
Psalms 115:3But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.
Isaiah 37:20But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hand, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you, and you only, are the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 6:6-9
The Sermon on the Mount. 5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they… Read the whole commentary →