Luke 11:4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation… In modern days the first aim of all Christian parents is to place their "children in circumstances where the temptations (which they are apt to call "opportunities') maybe as great and as many as possible; where the sight and the promise "of all these things" in Satan's gift may be brilliantly near, and where the act of "falling down to worship me" may be partly concealed by the shelter, and partly excused as involuntary, by the pressure of the concurrent crowd. (John Ruskin.) Parallel Verses KJV: And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. |
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