Matthew 6:11 (WEB)

Passage

Give us today our daily bread.

Nearby Context

Matthew 6:9 Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

Matthew 6:10 Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

Matthew 6:11 Give us today our daily bread.

Matthew 6:12 Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

Matthew 6:13 Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "give", "today", "daily", and "bread". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "give" and "today", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Let your Kingdom come Let your will..." into verse 12's "Forgive us our debts as we also...", so "give" and "today" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "give" and "today" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.