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Five little ducks (Rhyme)

My theme for rest of 2016

WHY?

The Lord's Prayer

Around 2000 years ago, on a hillside overlooking the Sea of Galilee, Jesus recited a short prayer to his followers on how to pray. This prayer is recorded in the Gospel of Luke and Mathew written in a final form approximately in 85AD. But the longer version from the Book of Matthew has become the standard in daily prayers for Christians worldwide. Most Christians are taught this prayer at a very early age and continue to recite it throughout their lives.



Ok, now we take it from the New Testament (Matthew 6:9-13 ESV).

It says, "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."



One sec, I missed the last part, right?  "For thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen."



No. Jesus never said that last part.  Interesting, isn’t it?

Take a look at some of our modern translations, ESV, NIV.  The feel of the Lord's Prayer that we so often recite is not there.  Look at Matthew's version (6:9-13) and read Luke's version (11:2-4).  Now, take a look at an old King James translation.  You'll likely find the doxology inserted at the end of verse 13 of Matthew 6.



The question we now ask is "why"?  Why is it in some translations and not in others?



You know why? Because, the earliest Greek manuscripts do not contain those words,

and was added to the Gospels as a result of its use in the liturgy of the early church. For this reason, it is not included in many modern translations.



Now, have a look at one of the original translation of this prayer from Aramaic. See, what Jesus said and taught, and how translations over the centuries have changed dramatically sometimes even altering the original meaning of a particular text.

In short, the less it looks like the Lord’s Prayer as you know it, more likely it is to be a free paraphrase or interpretation rather than a translation.

































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My Boys

Yes, they do look like twins to many, almost same height,
but Aadhavan  (Daadu) who is in yellow two years older to Ananthan (Monu).  

Daadu is good in football and cricket, played for his house team for the last 2 years. This year he was selected for the under 12 school team for football. And his team got a gold in the 'Bishop's Invitation cup', won the school tournament. He was a star in one of the cricket inter-house matches for rescuing and finishing the game. Also, he is a good athlete, last few years he ran 100 and 200 mtrs., but did not make it to the finals. Finally, this year he made it in the finals and ran the 200 mtrs with fever and cold, collapsed near the finishing line, but in the 4X100 relay, he managed to get the bronze.

I think Monu is a naturally talented cricketer, he is a righty, but bowls/bats with his left hand. Somehow he was not lucky to get selected, I am sure he will play for the school in the future. He is a die-hard fan of the Srilankan cricketer Malinga. For the last 2 years he has been learning to play the violin; plays quite well now. Also he is good in drawing.

I digitally painted this picture from the photograph that I clicked
during one of the matches at school.

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Selfie