<P> Two versions of this prayer are recorded in the gospels : a longer form within the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew , and a shorter form in the Gospel of Luke when `` one of his disciples said to him , ' Lord , teach us to pray , as John taught his disciples . ' '' Lutheran theologian Harold Buls suggested that both were original , the Matthaen version spoken by Jesus early in his ministry in Galilee , and the Lucan version one year later , `` very likely in Judea '' . </P>
where did the lord 's prayer originate from
within the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew the Gospel of Luke