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Luke 15:19

RepentanceShame

17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

21 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.

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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.

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BSB
I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’
KJV
And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
WEB
I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.”’
ASV
I am no more worthy to be called your son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
DARBY
I am no longer worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
BLB
no longer am I worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired men.”’
ÅB
jeg er ikke verdig lenger til å kalles din sønn; la meg få være som en av dine leiefolk!
OTB
Jeg er ikke lenger verdig til å kalles din sønn; behandle meg som en av dine leide tjenere.’
B1930
jeg er ikke verdig lenger til å kalles din sønn; la mig få være som en av dine leiefolk!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 42:6

    Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

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  • Psalms 84:10

    For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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  • 1 Peter 5:6

    Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

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  • James 4:8–10

    Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

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  • Joshua 9:24–25

    And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

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  • Genesis 32:10

    I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

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  • Luke 5:8

    When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:9

    For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

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