Luke 15:19

I no longer deserve to be called a son of yours: treat me as one of your hired men.'

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 rise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before you:

20"So he rose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and pitied him, and ran and threw his arms round his neck and kissed him tenderly.

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Cross References

Luke 5:8When Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at the knees of Jesus, and exclaimed, "Master, leave my boat, for I am a sinful man."

1 Corinthians 15:9For I am the least of the Apostles, and am not fit 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 make your hearts pure, you who are half-hearted towards God.

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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