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Luke 15:19 β€” Meaning and Application

King James Version

β€œAnd am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.”

Luke 15:19

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17

And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

18

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

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

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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.

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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.

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