1. The ALT is a very literal translation of the Greek New Testament. All words in the original text are translated-nothing is omitted.
2. The grammar of the Greek text is translated in a way that brings out "nuances" of the original text.
3. The ALT is based on the newest and most accurate Greek text, the Byzantine Majority Text. This Greek text is the most exact reproduction of the original manuscripts possible.
4. The ALT includes aids in brackets within the text that help the reader to better understand the text. These include:

a. Alternative translations for words and phrases.
b. The figurative meanings of words and phrases.
c. Modern-day equivalents for measurement and monetary units and time designations.
d. Explanatory notes.

Now a few available versions might provide one or two of the above features. But no version incorporates three of these features, let alone all four. And with all of these features, the ALT is truly the ideal version for the serious student of the Bible.

The Lord's Prayer in the ALT (Matthew 6:7-15)

6:7 "Now when you pray, do not use vain repetitions [or, many meaningless words] like the Gentiles, for they suppose that they will be heard by their many words.
6:8 "Therefore, you* shall not be like them, for your Father knows what [things] you* have need of before you ask Him.
6:9 "Therefore, _you*_, be praying like this: 'Our Father, the [One] in the heavens, let Your name be regarded as holy.
6:10 'Let Your kingdom come; let Your will be done, as in heaven, [so] also on the earth.
6:11 'Give us today the bread sufficient for the day.
6:12 'And forgive us our debts [fig., sins], in the same way as _we_ also forgive our debtors [fig., the ones having sinned against us].
6:13 'And do not lead us into temptation, _but_ deliver us from evil [or, from the evil [one]]. Because Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory into the ages [fig., forever]! So be it [Gr. amen]!'
6:14 "For, if you* forgive the people their transgressions, your Father, the [One] in the heavens, will also forgive you,*
6:15 but if you* do not forgive the people their transgressions, neither will your* Father forgive your* transgressions."

The various notations seen in the above sample text indicate various features of the Greek text. The meanings of these notations are explained in the text.

Excerpted from Analytical-Literal Translation of the New Testament of the Holy Bible by Gary F. Zeolla. Copyright © 2001. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved
Matthew Chapter Six

6:1 “Be taking care not to be doing your* charitable giving before the people, in order to be seen by them; but if not [fig., otherwise], you* do not have a reward from your Father, the [One] in the heavens. 6:2 “So when you are doing charitable giving, you should not sound a trumpet before you like the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, in order that they shall be praised by the people. Positively, I say to you*, they are receiving their reward in full. 6:3 “But when _you_ do charitable giving, do not let your left hand know what the right hand is doing, 6:4 in order that your charitable giving shall be in secret, and your Father, the [One] seeing in secret, will Himself reward you in the open. 6:5 “And when you are praying, you will not be like the hypocrites, because they affectionately love standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the open streets to be praying, in order that they shall be seen by the people. Positively, I say to you*, they have their reward in full. 6:6 “But when you* are praying, enter into your private room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father, the [One] in secret, and your Father, the [One] seeing in secret, will reward you in the open. 6:7 “Now when you pray, do not use vain repetitions [or, many meaningless words] like the Gentiles, for they suppose that they will be heard by their many words. 6:8 “Therefore, you* shall not be like them, for your Father knows what [things] you* have need of before you ask Him. 6:9 “Therefore, _you*_, be praying like this: ‘Our Father, the [One] in the heavens, let Your name be regarded as holy. 6:10 ‘Let Your kingdom come; let Your will be done, as in heaven, [so] also on the earth. 6:11 ‘Give us today the bread sufficient for the day. 6:12 ‘And forgive us our debts [fig., sins], in the same way as _we _ also forgive our debtors [fig., the ones having sinned against us]. 6:13 ‘And do not lead us into temptation, _but_ deliver us from evil [or, from the evil [one]]. Because Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory into the ages [fig., forever]! So be it [Gr. amen]!’ 6:14 “For, if you* forgive the people their transgressions, your Father, the [One] in the heavens, will also forgive you,* 6:15 but if you* do not forgive the people their transgressions, neither will your* Father forgive your* transgressions. 6:16 “And when you* are fasting, stop becoming gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces, in order that they shall appear to the people [as] fasting. Positively, I say to you, they are receiving their reward in full. 6:17 “But when _you_ fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 6:18 in order that you shall not appear to the people [as] fasting, _but_ [only] to your Father, the [One] in secret, and your Father, the [One] seeing in secret, will reward you. 6:19 “Stop storing [or, treasuring] up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal, 6:20 but be storing [or, treasuring] up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in nor steal, 6:21 for where your* treasure is, there will your* heart [fig., inner desire] be also. 6:22 “The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, if your eye is healthy, all your body will be full of light. 6:23 “But if your eye is bad, all your body will be dark. Therefore, if the light in you is darkness, how great the darkness! 6:24 “No one is able to be serving as a slave to two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other; _you_ are not able to be serving as a slave to God and to worldly wealth. 6:25 “For this reason I say to you*, stop being anxious [about] your* life, what you* shall eat and what you* shall drink, nor [about] your* body, what you* shall wear. Life is more [than] the nourishment, and the body [more than] the clothing, is it not? 6:26 “Look attentively at the birds of the air, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father provides for them. You* are of much more worth than they, are you* not? 6:27 “But which of you*, by being anxious, is able to add on his height one cubit? 6:28 “And why are you* anxious about clothing? Be attentively observing the lilies of the field, how they grow. They do not labor, nor do they spin [to make clothing]. 6:29 “But I say to you*, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these. 6:30 “Now if God clothes in such a manner the grass of the field, being [here] today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, [He will] much more [clothe] you*, [O you*] of little faith, will He not? 6:31 “Therefore, do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or, ‘What shall we drink?’ or, ‘What shall we wear?’ 6:32 “For all these [things] the Gentiles seek, for your* heavenly Father knows that you* have need of all these [things]. 6:33 “But be seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these [things] will be added to you.* 6:34 “Therefore, you* should not be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for the [things] of itself; sufficient for the day [is] the evil of it."

The notations seen in the above sample text indicate various features of the Greek text. The meanings of these notations are explained in the text.