Luke 15:21

And bno said to the Abba, Avi, I sinned against Shomayim and in your sight. No longer do I have the zokheh (merit) to be worthy to be called your ben. + 15:21 Ps 51:4 [6]

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 when he got up he came home to his own Abba. And while he was still a long way off, his Abba saw him, and was filled with rachmei Shomayim (heavenly mercy, compassion) and tears, and fell upon his neck and kissed him. + 15:20 Gn 45:14

22But his Abba said to his avadim, Shnel! (Quick!) Bring out the best kaftan and clothe him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals for his feet, + 15:22 Zech 3:4; Gn 41:42

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Cross References

Psalms 143:2And enter not into mishpat with Thy eved; 1 for in Thy sight shall no man living be yitzadak (justified). 1

Ezekiel 16:63That thou mayest remember, and be ashamed, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I have made kapporah (atonement) + 16:63 i.e., when I am pacified, appeased toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith Adonoi Hashem.

Romans 2:4Or do you think lightly of the wealth of his nedivut (generosity) and of his chesed and of his being ERECH APAYIM (slow of anger, forbearing) + 2:4 Ex 34:6 and of his savlanut (patience), disregarding the fact that the Chesed Hashem (the kindness of G-d) is to lead you to teshuva? + 2:4 Ps 19:7 [8]

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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