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Why is The Lord's Prayer sometimes worded debts and other times debtors and sometimes trespasses and others trespass?
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The Greek word in the original manuscript is opheiletes, which is best translated "debts." It refers to persons who have yet to make amends or 'squared the ledger' with those they have wronged. However, immediately following the prayer (Matthew 6:14), the text begins using the Greek paraptoma, which is often translated "trespass" (despite the NIV's "sins"). As early as the 3rd century, Origen was using this word in the prayer.
When the prayer began to be translated into English, different words were used. Wycliffe (1395) used "debts," while Tyndale (1526) used "trespasses." When the Book of Common prayer was first published (1549), "trespasses" was used, and as such became the standard word used in many liturgies. Most translations, including the original King James, used the more literal "debts," and this is reflected in its use liturgically also.
Some churches, and the New Living Translation, have begun using "sins." This is the word found in Luke's version of the prayer (11:4). Likewise, the understanding of "debts" in the Matthew passage reflects sin.
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