Luke 15:18

¹⁶ He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.

¹⁷ Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!

I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

¹⁹ I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’

²⁰ So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
KJV: I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
WEB: I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.
ASV: I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight:
DARBY: I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;
BLB: Having risen up, I will go to my father and I will say to him, “Father, I sinned against heaven and before you;

ÅB: Jeg vil stå opp og gå til min far og si til ham: Far! jeg har syndet mot himmelen og for deg;
OTB: Jeg vil reise meg og gå til min far og si til ham: Far, jeg har syndet mot himmelen og mot deg.
B1930: Jeg vil stå op og gå til min far og si til ham: Far! jeg har syndet mot himmelen og for dig;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Lamentations 3:40
Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
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1 John 1:8–10
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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Luke 15:21
The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
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Luke 18:13
But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
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Psalms 51:3–5
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
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Jeremiah 50:4–5
“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
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Matthew 6:14
For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
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Psalms 32:3–5
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
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