Why is the Lord's prayer different in the gospels? Why is the some the same, and some different?

Answer 1

just like anything that is repeated by different people, that were different accounts of the prayer, but it is set as a guideline of how to pray rather than as a prayer to be prayed, when ask how do we pray, Jesus answered pray like this, and gave an example, that has since been called the lords prayer.

Answer 2

OK, I misread and hope I'm back on track and answering what you asked... Jesus spent a few years, probably around 3, teaching the crowds and his disciples. During this time he probably taught SIMILAR things MANY TIMES. He also probably did most of his teaching in Aramaic, though we are not told which languages were used, and the New Testament was written down in Greek, from which your English Bible was probably translated. The Gospel writers translated information to write it in Greek, so even if 2 are reporting the same incident, translation differences could account for minor differences. There is also a strong likelihood that these things happened several times and the writers are presenting a "representative selection" to give their readers an idea what things were like.
Jesus' intent when teaching about prayer was certainly NOT to give a set of words which would be exactly quoted by his followers for thousands of years. Look at the beginning of the Matthew 6 account: 7 “When you pray, do not keep talking on and on the way ungodly people do. They think they will be heard because they talk a lot. 8 Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need even before you ask him. 9 This is how you should pray..." "HOW" you should pray, not "WHAT" you should pray.

John 20:30-31 "Jesus did many other miraculous signs in front of his disciples. They are not written down in this book. But these are written down so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. If you believe this, you will have life because you belong to him."

... The Gospels present ENOUGH background to provide an understanding of the nature of Jesus without overwhelming the reader with too much detail.

Answer 3

It differs slightly from the Catholic version to the Protestant version. Actually, the Lord's Prayer greatly resembles an ancient Egyptian prayer text that pre-dates Judaism by hundreds perhaps thousands of years.

Answer 4

The Lord's prayer is simply a guideline for prayer, it wasn't ment to be an actual prayer.

Answer 5

Minor differences, if any. The basic prayer is the same and the meaning is the same.

Answer 6

The gospels are written by 4 different people of course things are gonna be different because its from their point of view. Its worded different, but basically it all agrees.