MATTHEW—NOTE ON Matthew 6:13 lead us not into temptation. In this sixth and final petition, “temptation” can also indicate testing (see notes on 4:1; James 1:13). The sense here most likely is, “Allow us to be spared circumstances that would tempt us to sin” (compare Matthew 26:41). deliver us from evil. The Greek word translated “evil” can mean either “evil” or “the evil one,” namely, Satan. “For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen” (esv footnote) is evidently a later scribal addition; the most reliable Greek manuscripts lack these words, but there is nothing theologically incorrect about them (compare 1 Chronicles 29:11).

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