Give us this day our daily bread.
Parallel translations
- WEB Give us today our daily bread.
- KJV Give us this day our daily bread.
- NKJV Give us this day our daily bread.
- NASB ‘Give us this day our daily bread.
- NLT Give us today the food we need,
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Quick answer
We ask the Father for our daily bread, depending on him for each day's needs. This teaches humble, ongoing trust in God's provision.
Overview
After the petitions concerning God's name, kingdom, and will, the prayer turns to human need, beginning with daily sustenance. Asking for 'daily bread' echoes Israel's gathering of manna and cultivates a posture of dependence rather than self-sufficient anxiety. It acknowledges God as the giver of every good gift and frees the believer from the worry Jesus addresses later in this chapter.
Cross-references & the web
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- Prov 30:8Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
- Luke 11:3Give us each day our daily bread.
- Matt 4:4But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
- Ps 34:10Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
- John 6:31–59Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
- Job 23:12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
- Ps 33:18–19Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
- Isa 33:16he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
- 1 Tim 6:8But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
- Exod 16:16–35This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”
- 2 Th 3:12We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
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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.'
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