1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 sn The request do not lead us into temptation is not to suggest God causes temptation, but is a rhetorical way to ask for his protection from sin. 19 tn The term πονηροῦ (ponhrou) may be understood as specific and personified, referring to the devil, or possibly as a general reference to evil. It is most likely personified since it is articular (τοῦ πονηροῦ, tou ponhrou). Cf. also “the evildoer” in 5:39, which is the same construction. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 sn There may be a slight wordplay here, as this term can also mean “evil,” so the figure uses a term that points to the real meaning of being careful as to what one pays attention to or looks at. 30 31 32 sn The term money is used to translate mammon, the Aramaic term for wealth or possessions. The point is not that money is inherently evil, but that it is often misused so that it is a means of evil; see 1 Tim 6:6-10, 17-19. God must be first, not money or possessions. 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 sn The oven was most likely a rounded clay oven used for baking bread, which was heated by burning wood and dried grass. 42 43 44 sn God’s kingdom is a major theme of Jesus. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong. 45