Just before giving this prayer, Jesus said: “When praying, do not say the same things over and over again, just as the people of the nations do, for they imagine they will get a hearing for their use of many words. ” ​ — Matthew 6: 7.
परंतु, मत्तयाच्या आणि लूकच्या शुभवर्तमान अहवालांतील या प्रार्थनेच्या शब्दांत थोडासा फरक आहे.