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There are two basic ways this text can be translated--"do not lead us into temptation," and "do not lead us into hard trials or testings". When both are considered, the following translation is something like, "Don't lead us into hard trials and temptations" and implied is...hard trials and temptations "which result in sin." It is clear from other scriptures that God often causes the adversary to come with hard trials--but God’s intention is that we grow and become more like Him--(even as God led Jesus to be tested and tempted by satan just two chapters before). Our prayer is that we would never succumb to sin in temptations, and within the trials that God is allowing--this is the end of the prayer--but deliver us from the evil one (Just as Jesus was delivered from the evil one in Matthew chapter 4). So, the translation is, "Do not lead us into hard trials and temptations which result in sin, but deliver us from the evil one (and from evil).

Thank heavenly father for the word

I recall a minister putting it like this:
seek God and do what is right. That is what I remember.

I think that we should thank him for knowing our needs and also have faith in him that he will provide all our needs for us.

God the Holy Spirit revealed me to understand Matthew 6:33 in a way that first seek his kingdom and his righteousness refer to Jesus. Jesus said 1) first seek his kingdom means seek him in prayer where we surrender to the Lord for his Lordship on our life. 2) Seek his righteousness means seek Jesus by meditate up on his Word where we get faith and by faith we will become righteous. Therefore when we have these two in our lives, God will grant our needs. Praise be to God.

Laying up treasures in heaven is not synonymous with staying away and losing interest in life endeavors,. While the word of GOD condemns slothfulness, laziness, it urges us to do things heartily as to the lord and not men ( Colossians 3:23,24), which means we are called to excel (give the best we can) in all we do; including business and profession… However, we are warned against dishonesty, greed, love of money, selfishness and all excess that life tends to drive us in. In doing things heartily, obeying the lord, we are laying up treasures for ourselves in heaven….

Matthew chapter six is my favorite of all the Bible. So beautiful, powerful, and thought provoking.

Mt 6:22. I worked for Whole Foods Market for 8 years,& never sole from them or such like, & yet they fired me @ 78 years old with no benefits when
i should have been allowed to finish my work at
age 80 years & a family that are dependant on me
for some support. Matthew 6:22 in Chapter 6 speaks
of this & i found It very helpful that it is better to 'Be Certain Of God' than to trust in man who does not keep God's Eternal Word.
God will judge the world, and there has to be
Standard by which God will judge the world,& it
would be unjust in God to judge the world and the
world knowing no Standard to go by.

i think is that we should not talk much because God the all knows what is in our head and what we are about to tell Him so we should not bee like pagans

How beautiful is to see how we are being obedient to Jesus, by sanctifying Jehovah’s name his father. ( Matthew 6:9)

I LOVED OUR FATHER PRAYER SAYING

Definetly Seeking God first and His righteousness must be our forever priorit ih this life because without God we are nothing, if you beleive that say AMEN.

The "Lord's prayer" is the example and refutation to the "grace" vs. "law" preaching ("Once saved always saved" heresy) that says once you have been saved, you no longer need worry about losing Heaven by breaking any of the Old Testament Laws !!! Nor are you required to ask for forgiveness for the sins of omission, and commission, that if we are honest with ourselves, we grieve the Holy Spirit with daily. This example is no comprehensive list... just a simple acknowledgement, that we are still subject to human failures to live as we know we should. "Forgive us our debts..."
see also: enduringword(dot)com/commentaries/4507.htm

I agree with previous comment,"Enter into thy closet" does not mean Physical Room/Place. It is an internal closet.

Why is it that other translations use on earth instead of in earth. I weigh this heavy in my thoughts for me in earth tells where my soul is while on earth.

This scripture from Matt 6 is helping to realize, that the things in this life means nothing if your preparation is not for Heaven, i had forgotten where to find this part of the scriptures for awhile and i found it once i found it i broke into tears, i was so happy because i was depressed and feeling down and i know if i found that Matt 6, 1-34 my soul would feel full fill and i would know the purpose of life for me with Christ is to hope for nothing but Salvation, i feel much better now since i have read it thank God is name is a light unto my path.

Sophie - "22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light." If you are focusing on multiple things, you are not focused on Christ. An eye that is single is focused on one thing. Look through a pair of binoculars and spread the sides apart and you will see two images, neither of them clear. Push them back together and you can focus on what you see. Make your eye "single", or focused on Jesus Christ, and nothing can pull you away, though Satan will sure try!

ANSWER TO JER About the pearl, these words are not mine but the words of Jesus. I used them because this parable was most helpful to me to understand the Kingdom of God. I noticed that whole deed of Jesus was directed to the Kingdom of God. Even the John the Baptist said so on the Jordan.
P.S. Again, everything I say is only my opinion. Who am I to give the definite answers. GOD BLESS YOU ALL

Bane & The Kingdom?

In your answer you said that’s the way I see it, that just means you have an opinion. I thank you for your reseach. I was reading Daniel 2:44, maybe this could be a key piece to in the puzzle, to finding out what the Kingdom is?

Daniel 2:44 says:

44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, [but] it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

If the Kingdom is a pearl, then why would God set up his pearl and destroy other people’s pearls?

Keep searching and researching. Maybe we should look up the word in the dictionary?

The Bible is Awesome! His spirit is awesome! Matthew 6:19 is letting me know that Heaven is a great place to store my treasures! I totally agree!

It shows us a guide on how to live and to pray

ANSWER TO JER
Finally the ultimate question. A rich merchant sells everything to buy a single pearl. That pearl is THE KINGDOM OF GOD. Everyone knows the story.
In my humble opinion the whole deed of Jesus from Nazareth is to prepare us and to believe The Kingdom of God that is going to come. It is not easy for understanding and I see it as a making harmony you within you, and you within your surrounding. In other words to carry your cross without nagging. It is impossible to achieve (Jesus only did it, and because he is Christ). Good Christian spends all his life trying to reach that goal. I repeat this is only how I see it.
Asking questions like this is a good way towards this goal. GOD BLESS YOU.
P.S.(Considering the other question, because THE GOD IS OUR LORD, in simple words you may say that Lord is a job description, but I would rather avoid such comparisons.)

I have a Matthew Chpt 6 and vrs 9-10 questions?

What does “Hallowed be thy name” mean? Is it the Father’s name? Is Lord a name or a job description?

I have Matthew Chpt 6 and vrs 9-10 questions?

Aside from the Kingdom is in heaven. What is it? Why are we to pray for it to come?

Every time I make a certain continuum in my Bible study something tries to stop me. This became a rule. Everybody has his own approach to his religion. I pray to God every day but not much. The main thing I do is to read a lot and to think more. I am some kind of gnostic. I tried in orthodox church, nothing. I tried with Baptists but I am not a hypocrite to say Amen to something I don’t believe in. So I have to dig through the Bible and some good books about history of that time, and to find answers for myself. But it is a hard work wit lots of reading and much more thinking.
But now came that pain in my belly. Believe me I am not afraid, only angry why I can not create the vision of Jesus and to try to follow him. Question is what is that force that stops me. Is it devil or God with his mysterious ways. Nobody knows.
GOD I SEEK FOR YOUR KINGDOM AND YOUR JUSTICE, AND ELSE WILL BE ADDED

Matthew 6:16 "Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward."
Mater of physical pain in relation with faith. Jesus said when we fast, then our face should be bright and we should be joyful because we restrain ourselves in the name of GOD. True.
Then what Jesus suffered on the cross for our sake. No need to talk about it. Then stories about certain saints who wore barbed wire around their belly to remind themselves about the pain that Jesus suffered. I read the biography of Ignatio de Loyola. The ways he torched his body astounded me. The point of all this is that those people were able to think, work, walk, preach, form new religious groups etc. I one way they lived a fulfilled life.
I have some health problems lately and pain is on the first place. My heart, my reason, my faith tell me it is a betrayal of Jesus, at least it is a betrayal of yourself, of what you were speaking and thinking all these years. But no, pain comes on the first place and I can not read, think and what is the worst I forget about everything, I forget about Jesus.
Am I weak, or God is telling me something in his way. Anyway I’ll continue my struggle, even in these parts of the day when my consciousness breaks trough until I get better.
GOD WE SEEK FOR YOUR KINGDOM AND YOUR JUSTICE, AND ELSE WILL BE ADDED

It shows us that we need to keep are faith, to love everyone. No matter who they are, or how they treat us. To. stand strong, that the Lord is with us always.

I agree with Judith. The universal prayer among the christians all over the world is Mt 6:9-13 "Our Father which art in heaven...", but the verse 33 came into my heart and my mind at first.
Not just in the prayer but during the whole day one has to seek for the kingdom of God, and his righteousness and the else will come or will not. God knows. God bless you.

When I read this scripture the words that comes to mind is "Faith", "Trust" and "Obedience". As humans we have a tendency to dwell on the things of this earth which are materialistic and transient in nature. By seeking God first we are really exercising our faith in Him. Everything that we think we need cannot come close to what God can give/do for us when we put Him first in our lives.

comment: why does Mabeline Ray thnik that verse is added