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In the Christian Church the Gospel of Matthew has been considered the most important portrait of Jesus' life and message. Containing Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and a uniquely rich collection of parables, among many other things, Matthew has made a major contribution to the church throughout the centuries, and it still has much to say to the church today. This superb commentary in the Pillar...

in Luke the prayer begins simply with “Father”). Our links the praying person to other believers; while the prayer may be used in private it is meant to be prayed in community, which means that it may have had a liturgical use from the first (though this, of course, does not mean that it cannot be profitably used in private prayer). Jesus addressed God simply as “Father” (11:25; Mark 14:36; Luke 23:46; John 17:1), and taught his followers to do the same. Bonnard points out that when God is called
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