Luke 15:19

and I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired servants.’

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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

18I will get up and go to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you,

20“So he got up and went to his own father. But while he was still a good ways off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion—he ran and fell on his neck and kissed him!

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Cross References

Luke 5:8Upon experiencing this Simon Peter fell at Jesus' knees, saying, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!”

1 Corinthians 15:9For I am the least of the apostles, who 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. Sinners, cleanse your hands! Double-minded, purify your hearts!

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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