Luke 15:19
I am no longer worthy to be called yoʋr son; make me like one of yoʋr hired workers.”’
Text-Critical English NT
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, go to my father, and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before yoʋ.
Cross References
Luke 5:8When Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus' knees and said, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.”
1 Corinthians 15:9For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy 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 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 →