Contexts of the Lord's Prayer

When we read texts like the Lord’s Prayer (LP), which are so familiar to us, we need to slow down to see even what is there. Or we need to read it a few times to see it. Familiarity is a nuisance to Bible reading at times.

There are three early Christian accounts of the Lord’s Prayer, two canonical: Luke, Matthew, and Didache.  The last copies the second…