Luke 11:1

One day Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

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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 he said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘ Our Father in heaven, hallowed be yoʋr name. Yoʋr kingdom come. Yoʋr will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

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Cross References

Luke 6:12One day soon afterward Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and spent the whole night in prayer to God.

Luke 9:28About eight days after he had spoken these words, he took Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.

Romans 8:26In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.

James 4:2You desire but do not have. You murder and are jealous but cannot obtain what you want. You fight and war. 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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