Which form of the Lord's Prayer do you know?
"Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As
we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and
ever. Amen."
Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be
done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever
and ever. Amen.
This reading of the Lord's Prayer appears in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. This final
phrase highlighted above is called a doxology, which is a short praise that is added to the
end of hymns or psalms.
If this is the form of the Lord's Prayer you know then it is the form found in the 1928
Book of Common Prayer. This English form of the Prayer, which you may have
memorized by heart and contains the word "trespasses" - comes not from the Authorized
Version of the Bible, but from the Book of Common Prayer, which in turn derived it from
earlier English service-books. This 1928 version is a variant of the 1662 Book of Common
Prayer version. You may have noticed that "which" was changed to "who", "in earth" to
"on earth", and "them that" to "those who." This version is a very popular version.
We hope you enjoyed this exercise. If you would like to go back to the beginning of this
exercise, "click here." If you would like to see the final selections for the other versions
of the Lord's Prayer used during this task you may select them below:
St Matthew's version of the Lord's Prayer
St Luke's version of the Lord's Prayer
1662 Book of Common Prayer version of the Lord's Prayer