Petition again (13). After petitions in verse 10–11 and confession in verse 12, Jesus urges prayer for victory over temptation. The thought seems to be as A. T. Robertson sums it up in his Word Pictures of the New Testament. He calls the command a “permissive imperative.” The prayer is that the Father will not permit us, through the weaknesses that can spell our downfall, to be led into temptation that is too much for us (cf. Ps. 141:4). Rather God can be counted on as faithful not to permit those