Luke 15:19

I am no longer worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy 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 arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before thee;

20And he arose, and went to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

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Cross References

Psalms 84:10For a day spent in thy courts is better than a thousand: I would rather stand on the threshold of the house of my God, Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Luke 5:8And Simon Peter seeing it 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, one not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

James 4:8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.

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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