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The Parable of the Prodigal Son

Luke 15:19

In 9 translations

BSB
I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’
KJV
And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
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.
LSV
and I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired workers.
YLT
and no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings.
DBY
I am no longer worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
DRC
I am not worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
GNV
And am no more worthy to be called thy sonne: make me as one of thy hired seruants.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include καὶ (“and”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: οὐκέτι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οὐκέτι; Robinson–Pierpont read καὶ οὐκέτι.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
οὐκέτι εἰμὶ ἄξιος κληθῆναι υἱός σου· ποίησόν με ὡς ἕνα τῶν μισθίων σου.
RP2018
καὶ οὐκέτι εἰμὶ ἄξιος κληθῆναι υἱός σου· ποίησόν με ὡς ἕνα τῶν μισθίων σου.
TR-Boyd
καὶ οὐκέτι εἰμὶ ἄξιος κληθῆναι υἱός σου· ποίησόν με ὡς ἕνα τῶν μισθίων σου.
SCR1894
και ουκετι ειμι αξιος κληθηναι υιος σου ποιησον με ως ενα των μισθιων σου

Who and where

◆ Teaching and Healing in Perea to Jerusalem

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 42:6Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
  • 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.
  • James 4:8–10Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom. Humble…
  • 1 Peter 5:6Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.
  • Joshua 9:24–25The 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…
  • 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.
  • 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.”
  • 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.
  • Luke 7:6–7So 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. That is why I did not…
  • 1 Timothy 1:13–16I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy. And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in…
  • Matthew 15:26–27But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” “Yes, Lord,” she said, “even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”

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