“After This Manner”

D. Kelly Ogden, Andrew C. Skinner

Jesus gave an example of how to pray to the Father: “after this manner,” not that these exact words should be repeatedly uttered. Verse 10 omits one phrase contained in the biblical text (Matthew 6:10), “Thy kingdom come,” likely because it had come. One phrase in verse 12 is curious: “Lead us not into temptation.” God does not, of course, lead anyone into temptation, but the sense may be “Don’t bring us into the control or power of temptation” greater than we can bear. That is what the Hebrew rendering of the New Testament phrase means.

Verse by Verse: The Book of Mormon: Vol. 2

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