Mat 6:9-15, 7:7-11 | ISV | STEP | “Therefore, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven,may your name be kept holy.

Matthew 6:9-15

9 “Therefore, this is how you should pray:Luke 11:2

‘Our Father in heaven,

may your name be kept holy.

10 May your kingdom come.Ps 103:20-21; Matt 26:39, 42; Acts 21:14

May your will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven.

11 Give us today our daily bread,Job 23:12; Prov 30:8

12 and forgive us our sins, ^{▼▼Or debts}Matt 18:21

as we have forgiven those who have sinned against us. ^{▼▼Or forgiven our debtors}

13 And never bring us into temptation,1Chr 29:11; Matt 26:41; Luke 22:40, 46; John 17:15; 1Cor 10:13; 2Pet 2:9; Rev 3:10

but deliver us from the evil one.’ ^{▼▼Other mss. read evil one. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.}

14 For if you forgive people their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.Mark 11:25-26; Eph 4:32; Col 3:13 15 But if you do not forgive people their offenses, ^{▼▼Other mss. lack their offenses} your Father will not forgive your offenses.”Matt 18:35; James 2:13

Matthew 7:7-11

7 “Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door ^{▼▼Lit. it} will be opened for you.Matt 21:22; Mark 11:24; Luke 11:9-10; 18:1; John 14:13; 15:7; 16:23-24; James 1:5-6; 1John 3:22; 5:14-15 8 For everyone who keeps asking will receive, and the person who keeps searching will find, and the person who keeps knocking will have the door ^{▼▼Lit. it} opened.Prov 8:17; Jer 29:12-13

9 “There isn't a person among you who would give his son a stone if he asked for bread, is there?Luke 11:11-13 10 Or if he asks for a fish, he wouldn't give him a snake, would he? 11 So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who keep on asking him!Gen 6:5; 8:21