Luke 11:1

One day in a place where Jesus had just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

In Context

2So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.

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Cross References

Psalms 10:17You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,

Luke 6:12In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.

Luke 9:28About eight days after Jesus had said these things, He took with Him Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.

Romans 8:26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.

James 4:2You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.

Matthew Henry on Luke 11:1

In this chapter, I. Christ teaches his disciples to pray, and quickens and encourages them to be frequent, instant, and importunate in prayer, ver. 1-13 . II. He fully answers the blasphemous imputation of the Pharisees, who charged him with casting out devils by virtue of a compact and confederacy with Beelzebub, the prince of the devils, and shows the absurdity and wickedness of it, ver. 14-26 . III. He shows the honour of obedient disciples to be greater than that of his own mother, ver. 27, 28 . IV. He… Read the whole commentary →

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