Luke 11 · Verse 3

Luke 11:3

Give us day by day our daily bread.
Luke 11:3, King James Version

Luke 11:3 in other translations

BSBGive us each day our daily bread.
WEBGive us day by day our daily bread.
ASVGive us day by day our daily bread.
YLTour appointed bread be giving us daily;
DARBYgive us our needed bread for each day;
BBEGive us every day bread for our needs.
WebsterGive us day by day our daily bread.

What does Luke 11:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 11:2-4

Barnes' Notes
Verse 3. Mt 6:9; Mt 6:10; Mt 6:11; Mt 6:12; Mt 6:13

(1) "day by day" or, "for the day"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 11:1-4

"Lord, teach us to pray," is a good prayer, and a very needful one, for Jesus Christ only can teach us, by his word and Spirit, how to pray. Lord, teach me what it is to pray; Lord, stir up and quicken me to the duty; Lord, direct me what to pray for; teach me what I should say. Christ taught them a prayer, much the same that he had given before in his sermon upon the mount. There are some differences in the words…

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Luke 11:3 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

τὸνtonTheG3588
ἄρτονartonbreadG740
ἡμῶνhēmōnof usG3165
τὸνton<the>G3588
ἐπιούσιονepiousiondailyG1967
δίδουdidoudo giveG1325
ἡμῖνhēminusG3165
τὸto<the>G3588
καθ᾽kath᾽eachG2596
ἡμέραν·hēmeranday;G2250

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 11:3

  • Matthew 6:11

    Give us this day our daily bread.

  • Matthew 6:34

    Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

  • Proverbs 30:8

    Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

  • Exodus 16:15-22

    And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents. And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. …

  • Isaiah 33:16

    He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

  • John 6:27-33

    Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Give.
Ex 16:15-22; Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16; Mt 6:11,34; Joh 6:27-33
day by day. or, for the day.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Luke 11:2

    And 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.

  • Luke 11:3

    Give us day by day our daily bread.

  • Luke 11:4

    And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

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Luke 11:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El pan nuestro de cada día, dános lo hoy.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
donne-nous chaque jour le pain qu’il nous faut;
German
Elberfelder 1871
unser nötiges Brot gib uns täglich;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie.