Luke 15:21

And the son said to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, I am not now worthy to be called thy son.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

In Context

20And rising up he came to his father. And when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and running to him fell upon his neck, and kissed him.

22And the father said to his servants: Bring forth quickly the first robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

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Cross References

Psalms 143:2I cried to the Lord with my voice: with my voice I made supplication to the Lord.

Ezekiel 16:63That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and mayest no more open thy mouth because of thy confusion, when I shall be pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.

Romans 2:4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and patience, and longsuffering? Knowest thou not, that the benignity of God leadeth thee to penance?

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 →

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