Luke 15:19

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 15:19 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 32:10I 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.
  2. Joshua 9:24The 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 because of you, and that is why we have done this.
  3. Job 42:6Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
  4. Psalms 84:10For 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.
  5. Matthew 15:26But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
  6. Luke 5:8When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
  7. Luke 7:6So 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.
  8. 1 Corinthians 15:9For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
  9. 1 Timothy 1:13I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
  10. James 4:8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
  11. 1 Peter 5:6Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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