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Give us day by day our daily bread.
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A Prayer for Daily Trust
This petition teaches a posture of continual reliance on God. Commentators note that the phrase 'day by day' emphasizes ongoing dependence. Like the Israelites receiving manna in the wilderness, we are encouraged to trust God for what is sufficient for each day's needs, not stockpiling for the distant future.
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Luke
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19th Century
Anglican
[Verse 2] When ye pray, say, ... — The reproduction, with only a verbal variation here and there, which may well have bee…
Baptist
"Give us, O Lord, what we really need; not that which would be a luxury, but that which is a necessity. Give us, as we will need it day by…
Once more Luke speaks of Jesus at prayer (cf. 3:21; 6:12; 9:28). His exemplary practice introduces the exemplary prayer. Since prayer inevitably ex…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Give us day by day our daily bread . ] Or "for the day"; or "every day", as the Syriac version renders it; (See …
Presbyterian
—Lord, teach us to pray,— is a good prayer, and a very necessary one, for Jesus Christ only can teach us, by his word and Spirit, how to p…
