Luke 15:19 “I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your…”

Luke 15:19

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.”’

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

and no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings.

Bible in Basic English

I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants.

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Cross references

“no”

Job 42:6 Luke 5:8 Genesis 32:10 1 Corinthians 15:9 1 Timothy 1:13–16 Luke 7:6

Job 42:6 · BSB

Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

Luke 5:8 · BSB

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”

Genesis 32:10 · BSB

I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

1 Corinthians 15:9 · BSB

For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

1 Timothy 1:13–16 · BSB

I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.

Luke 7:6 · BSB

So Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.

“make”

Psalm 84:10 James 4:8–10 1 Peter 5:6 Joshua 9:24 Joshua 9:25 Matthew 15:26

Psalm 84:10 · BSB

For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

James 4:8–10 · BSB

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

1 Peter 5:6 · BSB

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.

Joshua 9:24 · BSB

The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives be…

Joshua 9:25 · BSB

Now we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”

Matthew 15:26 · BSB

But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

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

In context

18I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

20So 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.

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