Luke 15:19
And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
Luke 15:19 in other translations
| BSB | I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’ |
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| 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 thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. |
| YLT | and no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings. |
| DARBY | I am no longer worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. |
| BBE | I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants. |
| Webster | And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. |
What does Luke 15:19 mean?
Barnes' Notes
"Such has been my conduct that I have been a
disgrace to my father. I am not fit to be
honoured by being called the son of a man so
kind and virtuous."
Make me as one, &c.
"Treat me as a servant. Let me come again into
your family, but I do not ask to be treated as
a son. I am willing to come in if you will give
me only the support that you give to a servant."
This evinced,
1st. Deep humility-such as a sinner should have.
2nd. Love for his father's house--such as all penitents should have toward God's dwelling-place in heaven.
3rd. Confidence in his father that he would treat him kindly, even if he treated him as a servant. Such confidence all returning penitents feel in God. They are assured that God will treat them kindly--that whatever he gives them will be more than they deserve, and they are therefore willing to be in his hands. Yet,
4th. He had no adequate sense of his father's kindness. He did not fully appreciate his character. He was far more kind than he had dared to hope he would be; just as all sinners undervalue the character of God, and find him always more kind than they had supposed. No sinner comes to God with a just and adequate view of his character, but always finds him more merciful than he had dared to hope.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 15:17-24
Having viewed the prodigal in his abject state of misery, we are next to consider his recovery from it. This begins by his coming to himself. That is a turning point in the sinner's conversion. The Lord opens his eyes, and convinces him of sin; then he views himself and every object, in a different light from what he did before. Thus the convinced sinner perceives that the meanest servant of God is happier than he…
Luke 15:19 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 15:19
- Job 42:6
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
- 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.
- 1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
- 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. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
- 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. And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Luke 7:6-7
Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
- 1 Timothy 1:13-16
Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
- Matthew 15:26-27
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
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Context
- Luke 15:18
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
- Luke 15:19
And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
- Luke 15:20
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.
Luke 15:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Ya no soy digno de ser llamado tu hijo; hazme como á uno de tus jornaleros. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | je ne suis plus digne d’être appelé ton fils; traite-moi comme l’un de tes mercenaires. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | ich bin nicht mehr würdig, dein Sohn zu heißen; mache mich wie einen deiner Tagelöhner. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | jam non sum dignus vocari filius tuus: fac me sicut unum de mercenariis tuis. |