Luke 15:19
I am not worthy to be called your son. Make me one of your hired hands.’
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
In Context
Cross References
Joshua 9:24And they responded: “It was reported to us, your servants, that the Lord your God had promised his servant Moses that he would give you the entire land, and that he would destroy all its inhabitants. Therefore, we were very afraid, and we made a provision for our lives, compelled by the dread of you, and we undertook this counsel.
Psalms 84:10So then, truly his salvation is near to those who fear him, so that glory may inhabit our land.
Luke 5:8But when Simon Peter had seen this, he fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.”
1 Corinthians 15:9For I am the least of the Apostles. I am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God.
James 4:8Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners! And purify your hearts, you duplicitous souls!
Matthew Henry on Luke 15:12-32
The Prodigal Son. 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that… Read the whole commentary →