One day Jesus was at a certain place praying, and, when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him: "Master, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples." 2 "When you pray," Jesus answered, "say: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. 3 Give...
There have been many translations of The Lord's Prayer in hundreds of languages. But the one which perhaps is most fascinating to Christians is the translation in Aramaic, the language which Jesus spoke. The following is an Aramaic version of The Lord's Prayer, the prayer which Jesus taught his disciples when they asked him how to pray, the prayer which is the Rosetta Stone...
"Take care not to perform your religious duties in public in order to be seen by others; if you do, your Father who is in heaven has no reward for you. 2 Therefore, when you do acts of charity, do not have a trumpet blown in front of you, as hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be...
When looking for the Lord's Prayer in modern English, there are many versions from which to choose. One might think that we at the Living Hour would choose the Lord's Prayer as found in our own work "The New Century Gospels". However, in our version of the Gospels we balance the modern forms of English usage with the poetic King James Version, which...