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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.
Luke 11:4 · King James Version
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.’”
  • BSB And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”
  • 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 forgive our debtors.
  • Matt 26:41Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
  • Isa 43:25–26I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
  • 2 Th 3:3But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
  • Matt 18:35So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
  • Col 3:13Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
  • Jas 2:13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
  • 1 Jn 1:8–10If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
  • 2 Tim 4:18And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
  • Eph 4:31–32Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
  • 2 Cor 12:7–8And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
  • John 17:15I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
  • Rev 2:10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
  • Luke 22:46And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
  • Rev 3:10Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
  • Luke 8:13They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
  • Ps 121:7The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
  • Ps 51:1–3Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
  • Ps 25:18Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
  • Ps 130:3–4If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
  • Dan 9:19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
  • 1 Cor 10:13There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
  • Matt 11:25–26At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
  • Gen 48:16The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
  • 1 Kgs 8:34Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
  • 1 Kgs 8:36Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
  • Ps 25:11For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
  • Ps 32:1–5Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
  • Hos 14:2Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves 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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