Luke 15:18 “I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have…”

Luke 15:18

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.

American Standard Version

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight:

Geneva Bible 1599

I wil rise and goe to my father, and say vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heaue, and before thee,

Darby Translation

I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;

Young's Literal Translation

having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin — to the heaven, and before thee,

Bible in Basic English

I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes:

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Cross references

“will arise”

Lamentations 3:40 2 Chronicles 33:19 Psalm 116:3–7 Jeremiah 31:6–9 Hosea 14:1–3 Jonah 3:9

Lamentations 3:40 · BSB

Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.

2 Chronicles 33:19 · BSB

His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the R…

Psalm 116:3–7 · BSB

The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.

Jeremiah 31:6–9 · BSB

For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”

Hosea 14:1–3 · BSB

Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.

Jonah 3:9 · BSB

Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”

“Father”

Matthew 6:14 Jeremiah 3:19 Isaiah 63:16 Jeremiah 31:20 Matthew 6:9 Matthew 7:11

Matthew 6:14 · BSB

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Jeremiah 3:19 · BSB

Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.

Isaiah 63:16 · BSB

Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.

Jeremiah 31:20 · BSB

Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.

Matthew 6:9 · BSB

So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.

Matthew 7:11 · BSB

So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

“I have”

1 John 1:8–10 Luke 18:13 Psalm 51:3–5 Psalm 32:3–5 Psalm 25:11 Proverbs 23:13

1 John 1:8–10 · BSB

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Luke 18:13 · BSB

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!’

Psalm 51:3–5 · BSB

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

Psalm 32:3–5 · BSB

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

Psalm 25:11 · BSB

For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.

Proverbs 23:13 · BSB

Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

“against”

Luke 15:21 Daniel 4:26

Luke 15:21 · BSB

The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. ’

Daniel 4:26 · BSB

As for the command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots, your kingdom will be restored to you as soon as you acknowledge that Heaven rules.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17Finally 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!

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

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