Luke 15:21
New International Version
“The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

New Living Translation
His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son.’

English Standard Version
And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

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

Berean Literal Bible
And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; no longer am I worthy to be called your son.'

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

New American Standard Bible
And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

NASB 1995
“And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

NASB 1977
“And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

Legacy Standard Bible
And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

Amplified Bible
And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

Christian Standard Bible
The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. I’m no longer worthy to be called your son.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. I’m no longer worthy to be called your son.’

American Standard Version
And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight: I am no more worthy to be called thy son.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And his son said to him, “My father, I have sinned toward Heaven and before you, and I am not worthy that I should be called your son.”

Contemporary English Version
The son said, "Father, I have sinned against God in heaven and against you. I am no longer good enough to be called your son."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the son said to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, I am not now worthy to be called thy son.

English Revised Version
And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight: I am no more worthy to be called thy son.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then his son said to him, 'Father, I've sinned against heaven and you. I don't deserve to be called your son anymore.'

Good News Translation
'Father,' the son said, 'I have sinned against God and against you. I am no longer fit to be called your son.'

International Standard Version
Then his son told him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and you. I don't deserve to be called your son anymore.'

Literal Standard Version
and the son said to him, Father, I sinned—to Heaven, and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son.

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

New American Bible
His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I no longer deserve to be called your son.’

NET Bible
Then his son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

New Revised Standard Version
Then the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

New Heart English Bible
The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

Webster's Bible Translation
And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

Weymouth New Testament
"'Father,' cried the son, 'I have sinned against Heaven and before you: no longer do I deserve to be called a son of yours.'

World English Bible
The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

Young's Literal Translation
and the son said to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy son.

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Context
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
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. 21 The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ 22But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.…

Cross References
Job 33:27
Then he sings before men with these words: 'I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.

Psalm 51:4
Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.

Luke 15:20
So 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.

Luke 15:22
But the father said to his servants, 'Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.


Treasury of Scripture

And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight, and am no more worthy to be called your son.

Father.

Luke 15:18,19
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, …

Jeremiah 3:13
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.

Ezekiel 16:63
That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.

against.

Psalm 51:4
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Psalm 143:2
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

1 Corinthians 8:12
But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.

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Luke 15
1. The parable of the lost sheep;
8. of the piece of silver;
11. of the prodigal son.














(21) Father, I have sinned against heaven.--The iteration of the self-same words comes to us with a wonderful power and pathos. The contrite soul does not play with its contrition, or seek to vary its expression. But the change is as suggestive as the repetition. Now that he has seen his father, he cannot bring himself to say again, "Make me as one of thy hired servants." That had been a natural and right wish before; it would savour of unreality and hypocrisy now. This also has its analogue in the history of true penitents. In the first stirrings of contrition they stand afar off, and as they confess their sins hardly dare to hope for restoration to the blessedness of sons; but when they have felt the Father's kiss, though still confessing that they are unworthy to be called sons, they cannot be satisfied with anything less than sonship.

Verse 21. - Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. Many, though not all, of the older authorities add here (apparently taking them from ver. 19) the words, "make me as one of thy hired (servants)." The selfsame words of store original resolution are repeated. They had been stamped deep into the sad heart which so intensely desired a return to the old quiet, pure home-life; but now in his father's presence he feels all is forgiven and forgotten, therefore he no longer asks to be made as one of the servants. He feels that great love will be satisfied with nothing less than restoring him, the erring one, to all the glories and happiness of the old life.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
The
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

son
υἱὸς (huios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.

declared,
Εἶπεν (Eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

‘Father,
Πάτερ (Pater)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

I have sinned
ἥμαρτον (hēmarton)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 264: Perhaps from a and the base of meros; properly, to miss the mark, i.e. to err, especially to sin.

against
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

heaven
οὐρανὸν (ouranon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

against
ἐνώπιόν (enōpion)
Preposition
Strong's 1799: Neuter of a compound of en and a derivative of optanomai; in the face of.

you.
σου (sou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

I am
εἰμὶ (eimi)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

no longer
οὐκέτι (ouketi)
Adverb
Strong's 3765: No longer, no more. Also ouk eti from ou and eti; not yet, no longer.

worthy
ἄξιος (axios)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 514: Worthy, worthy of, deserving, comparable, suitable. Probably from ago; deserving, comparable or suitable.

to be called
κληθῆναι (klēthēnai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive
Strong's 2564: (a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name. Akin to the base of keleuo; to 'call'.

your
σου (sou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

son.’
υἱός (huios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.


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