Luke 15:19
No longer, am I worthy to be called a son of thine,—Make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came unto his own father.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
Cross References
Joshua 9:24And they responded to Joshua, and said—Because it was, plainly told, thy servants, how that Yahweh thy God had commanded Moses his servant to give unto you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you,—therefore feared we greatly, for our lives, because of you, and did this thing.
Psalms 84:10For better is a day in thy courts, than a thousand, I choose rather to stand at the threshold in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of lawlessness.
Luke 5:8And Simon, beholding, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying—Depart from me! Because, a sinful man, am I, O Lord!
1 Corinthians 15:9For, I, am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.
James 4:8Draw near unto God, and he will draw near unto you. Cleanse hands, sinners! Chasten hearts, double souls!
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 →