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Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:10 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
  • KJV Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
  • NKJV Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.
  • NASB ‘Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.
  • NLT May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

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Quick answer

We pray for God's kingdom to come and his will to be done on earth as in heaven. Prayer aligns our hearts with God's reign and purposes.

Overview

These petitions long for the full coming of God's kingdom—his saving rule already inaugurated in Christ and yet to be consummated. To pray that his will be done 'as in heaven, so on earth' is to submit to and yearn for the perfect obedience that heaven already renders. Such prayer trains the disciple to desire God's purposes above personal preference and looks forward to the renewal of all things.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 40

  • Heb 10:36You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
  • Matt 26:42A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”
  • Matt 12:50For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
  • John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
  • 1 Th 5:18Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
  • John 6:40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
  • Rom 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
  • Col 1:9For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
  • Ps 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
  • Eph 6:6And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.
  • Matt 7:21Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
  • 1 Pet 2:15For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
  • Ps 103:19–21The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all.
  • Dan 7:27Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve and obey Him.’
  • Matt 3:2and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
  • 1 Th 4:3For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
  • Heb 13:21equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
  • Luke 22:42“Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”
  • Rev 19:6And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.
  • Dan 2:44In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.
  • Acts 21:14When he would not be dissuaded, we fell silent and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
  • Dan 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
  • Acts 13:22After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’
  • Mark 3:35For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”
  • Matt 16:28Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”
  • Matt 4:17From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
  • Rev 12:10And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God.
  • 1 Pet 4:2Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
  • Dan 7:13In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.
  • Neh 9:6You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.
  • Luke 19:38“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
  • Rev 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
  • Heb 10:7Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
  • Mark 11:10“Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!” “Hosanna in the highest!”
  • Col 1:13He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
  • Rev 20:4Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
  • Ps 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
  • Zech 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
  • Luke 19:11While the people were listening to this, Jesus proceeded to tell them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God would appear imminently.

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Christ at the center

Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — son of David, son of Abraham — the new Moses and true Israel in whom every prophecy reaches 'that it might be fulfilled.'

How Matthew 6:10 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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