Give us each day our daily bread.
Prayer is one of the great laws of natural religion. That man is a brute, is a monster, that never prays, that never gives glory to his Maker, nor feels his favour, nor owns his dependence upon him. One great design therefore of Christianity is to assist us in prayer, to enforce the duty upon us, to instruct us in it, and encourage us to expect advantage by it.
Commenting on Luke 11:1-13
Give us day by day our daily bread. Or "for the day"; or "every day", as the Syriac version renders it; See Gill on Mat 6:11 Luke 11:4 luk 11:4 luk 11:4 luk 11:4And forgive us our sins,.... Beza's most ancient copy reads "debts", as in See Gill on Mat 6:12; and which best agrees with the phrase "indebted", after mentioned: for we also forgive...
Verse 3. ; ; ; ; (1) "day by day" or, "for the day"