why are there different versions of Lord's Prayer?

Question

Catholic Religion

Answer 1

Different versions? Are you referring to the Scriptural text itself, or to explanations of it? I'm assuming the latter.

The Bible's view is discussed & backed up w/ several Scripture references in both of these articles
(Catholic Douay is referred to also):

How Should We Pray to God? ("The Lord's Prayer")
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/1996/7/15/how_should_we_pray.htm

Search for God With Your Heart and Mind :
... [Scroll down to]: Understanding the Lord's Prayer
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2002/4/1/article_02.htm

"Make Sure of All things; Hold Fast to what is Fine!" 1 Th 5:21

Answer 2

For the same reason that there are different rules depending on which church you belong to. No one can seem to decide and agree on anything relating to religious rituals.

This one in particular probably depends on who did the translating, from which version. If it were written in one language, 2 people could translate it differently, depending on what language they're translating it into. Then, each version is translated from those languages into another, and another, etc., etc., etc., so there are bound to be some differences.

When the differences are huge, it's probably the church adding or subtracting from it so it says what they want it to.

Answer 3

Becouse language is a living thing, and grows and changes - just like every other living thing.

So as the language grows - and changes - the prayer, just like the entirty of scripture, needs to be retranslated to fit modern language.

Forgive us our sins / forgive us our tresspasses.

No one says tresspasses any more - but the meaning of the phrase is teh same.

Answer 4

Jesus taught how to pray two different times in the Bible.

Matthew, Jesus was teaching many things starting with 5:1 and the prayer starts in Matthew 6.

Matthew 5:1-2 (NKJV)
And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. [2] Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:

Matthew 6:9-13 (NKJV)
In this manner, therefore, pray:

Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
[10] Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
[11] Give us this day our daily bread.
[12] And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
[13] And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.


Lukes account of Jesus' teaching on prayer seems more personal. I think only his disciples were with him at that time.

Luke 11:1-4 (NKJV)
Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples."

So He said to them, "When you pray, say:

Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
[3] Give us day by day our daily bread.
[4] And forgive us our sins,
For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one."

Answer 5

Because men changed the original to suit their needs. Click the link below to find the truth.

Answer 6

Yes, one Catholics and one for everybody else.

Answer 7

The CULT had to change the real one for their purposes!

Answer 8

diffrent religens are out there theres the wrong one and then there is the right one like gews

Answer 9

Because there are different denominations...the idea is the same.