Give us each day the food we need,
Parallel translations
- WEB Give us day by day our daily bread.
- KJV Give us day by day our daily bread.
- BSB Give us each day our daily bread.
- NKJV Give us day by day our daily bread.
- NASB ‘Give us each day our daily bread.
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Quick answer
Jesus teaches dependence on God for daily provision, asking for bread day by day. Believers trust the Father for their ongoing needs.
Overview
The petition for daily bread expresses humble, continual reliance on God for life's necessities. It guards against both anxious hoarding and prideful self-sufficiency. Like Israel's daily manna, it trains the heart to depend on the Father one day at a time.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Matt 6:11Give us today our daily bread.
- Matt 6:34Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
- Prov 30:8Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;
- Exod 16:15–22When the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they didn’t know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread which Yahweh has given you to eat.”
- Isa 33:16he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.
- John 6:27–33Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”
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