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And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”
Luke 11:4 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’”
  • KJV And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
  • NKJV And forgive us our sins, For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.”
  • NASB ‘And forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation.’ ”
  • NLT and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. And don’t let us yield to temptation.”

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Quick answer

Jesus teaches us to seek forgiveness, extend it to others, and ask to be kept from temptation and evil. Prayer addresses our deepest spiritual needs.

Overview

These petitions move from the need for pardon to deliverance from sin's power. The forgiveness we receive should overflow in forgiving others, reflecting a pardoned heart. The plea points ultimately to Christ, whose cross secures the forgiveness and deliverance we cannot achieve ourselves.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 29

  • Matt 6:12–15And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
  • Matt 26:41“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
  • Isa 43:25–26I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
  • 2 Th 3:3But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
  • Matt 18:35That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”
  • Col 3:13Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
  • Jas 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
  • 1 Jn 1:8–10If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
  • 2 Tim 4:18And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • Eph 4:31–32Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
  • 2 Cor 12:7–8or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
  • John 17:15I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.
  • Rev 2:10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
  • Luke 22:46“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
  • Rev 3:10Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
  • Luke 8:13The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
  • Ps 121:7The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.
  • Ps 51:1–3For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
  • Ps 25:18Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
  • Ps 130:3–4If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
  • Dan 9:19O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”
  • 1 Cor 10:13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
  • Matt 11:25–26At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
  • Gen 48:16the angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
  • 1 Kgs 8:34then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.
  • 1 Kgs 8:36then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
  • Ps 25:11For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.
  • Ps 32:1–5Of David. A Maskil. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
  • Hos 14:2Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.

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Christ at the center

Luke shows Jesus the Savior for all — outsiders, the poor, the nations — the one who, on the Emmaus road, opened all the Scriptures to show they were about himself.

How Luke 11:4 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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