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Luke 11:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
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Quick Meaning
Luke 11:2 begins Luke's communal prayer with the Father's name and kingdom while preserving shorter-text evidence.
Read It With
- Luke 11:1–11:4
Read Luke 11:2 with 11:1–11:4. Luke 11:2 begins Luke's communal prayer with the Father's name and kingdom while preserving shorter-text evidence. The complete unit's controlling movement is: A disciple asks to learn prayer; Jesus gives a compact address to Father concerning God's name and kingdom, daily bread, forgiveness linked to forgiving, and protection in testing.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Luke 11:2 begins Luke's communal prayer with the Father's name and kingdom while preserving shorter-text evidence. This selected detail moves Luke 11:1–11:4 from its initiating question or action toward the unit's response and prepares Luke's next movement.
Follow the Context
- Identify the actors, setting, and initiating speech or action in Luke 11:1–11:4.
- A disciple asks to learn prayer; Jesus gives a compact address to Father concerning God's name and kingdom, daily bread, forgiveness linked to forgiving, and protection in testing.
- Hold this material interpretive limit in view: Luke's form differs from Matthew's and some manuscripts expand it toward Matthew. 'Daily' remains lexically difficult, and the prayer's first-person plurals resist individualistic use.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
The prayer does not make a verbal formula magical, excuse withheld forgiveness without safety, guarantee wealth, or treat temptation as proof of failure.
What Remains True
Luke 11:2 begins Luke's communal prayer with the Father's name and kingdom while preserving shorter-text evidence. Read inside Luke 11:1–11:4, this contribution supports the unit's proportionate truth: A disciple asks to learn prayer; Jesus gives a compact address to Father concerning God's name and kingdom, daily bread, forgiveness linked to forgiving, and protection in testing. Its use remains accountable to affected people and the unit's explicit boundary.
How It Can Shape Life
- When teaching Luke 11:2, explain this exact contribution inside Luke 11:1–11:4, identify the unit's source-controlled uncertainty, and refuse this misuse before proposing action: The prayer does not make a verbal formula magical, excuse withheld forgiveness without safety, guarantee wealth, or treat temptation as proof of failure.
Teach It Back
Explain Luke 11:2's specific contribution to Luke 11:1–11:4: begins Luke's communal prayer with the Father's name and kingdom while preserving shorter-text evidence. Include the preceding and following movement, one source-controlled uncertainty, one affected person or group, and what the verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Luke 11:1–11:4 — Jesus Teaches a Communal PrayerSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
Luke's form differs from Matthew's and some manuscripts expand it toward Matthew. 'Daily' remains lexically difficult, and the prayer's first-person plurals resist individualistic use.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: Luke 11:1–11:4, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations; the edition is not treated as a complete apparatus.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Luke.txt, 11:1–11:4
Open the Luke Greek text file ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Luke
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, KJV-language clarification, historical notes, Synoptic parallels, and textual alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Luke PDF, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to Luke 11:1–11:4
Open source ↗