Matthew 6:9
After this maner therefore pray ye, Our father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
In Context
8Be ye not like them therefore: for your Father knoweth whereof ye haue neede, before ye aske of him.
10Thy Kingdome come. Thy will be done euen in earth, as it is in heauen.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:3Then Moses sayde vnto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will bee sanctified in the that come neere me, and before all the people I will be glorified: but Aaron held his peace.
1 Kings 8:43Heare thou in heauen thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth for vnto thee: that all the people of the earth may know thy Name, and feare thee, as do thy people Israel: and that they may know, that thy Name is called vpon in this house which I haue built.
2 Chronicles 20:6And saide, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heauen? and reignest not thou on all the kingdomes of the heathen? and in thine hande is power and might, and none is able to withstand thee.
Psalms 72:18Blessed be the Lord God, euen the God of Israel, which onely doeth wonderous things.
Psalms 115:3But our God is in heauen: he doeth what so euer he will.
Isaiah 37:20Nowe therefore, O Lord our God, saue thou vs out of his hand, that all the kingdomes of the earth may knowe, that thou onely art 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 →