A minister parked his car in a No Parking Zone and left this note on the windshield: “I've circled the block ten times and cannot find a parking place. If I do not park here, I will miss my appointment. ‘Forgive us our trespasses.'" When the minister returned there was a ticket on his windshield along with this note: “I've been circling this block for ten years. If I don't give you a ticket, I will lose my job. ‘Lead us not into temptation.'"

In the Lord's Prayer, we pray for provision—Give us this day our daily bread. We pray for forgiveness—Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. We pray for DELIVERANCE—Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Once more we have here a Hebrew parallelism. Lead us not into temptation is exactly the same as deli…