Luke 15:21 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 15:21

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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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Commentary

4 voices

Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

FESTAL LETTER 7 (373)

Then he shall get up, come to his father, and confess to him, "I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me like one of your hired servants."When he confesses like that, he will be considered worthy of more than that for which he prayed. His father neither takes him in like a hired servant nor treats him like a stranger. Oh no, he kisses him as a son. He accepts him as a dead man come back to life again.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Apostolic Constitutions

Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book 2 (380)

But if any one returns, and shows forth the fruit of repentance, then do ye receive him to prayer, as the lost son, the prodigal, who had consumed his father's substance with harlots, who fed swine, and desired to be fed with husks, and could not obtain it.

The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And the son said unto him, father,.... Or "my father", as the Syriac version reads; and the Persic version adds, "pardon me": sin lay heavy on him, and he wanted a view and application of pardoning grace, though he seems to be prevented making this request by the kiss he received from his father: I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight; this is what he determined to say, and was allowed to say, having a deep sense of his sin and vileness, and which was increased by the love and kindness his father had shown him.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Make me as one of thy hired servants, is added here by several MSS. and versions; but it is evident this has been added, merely to make his conduct agree with his resolution, Luk 15:19. But by this a very great beauty is lost: for the design of the inspired penman is to show, not merely the depth of the profligate son’s repentance, and the sincerity of his conversion, but to show the great affection of the father, and his readiness to forgive his disobedient son.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Father, I have sinned, &c.--"This confession is uttered after the kiss of reconciliation" (Eze 16:63) [TRENCH].

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἶπεν	eipen	Said	G2036 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
υἱὸς	huios	son	G5207 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to him:	G846 →
πάτερ,	pater	Father,	G3962 →
ἥμαρτον	hēmarton	I have sinned	G264 →
εἰς	eis	against	G1519 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
οὐρανὸν	ouranon	heaven	G3772 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐνώπιόν	enōpion	before	G1799 →
σου·	sou	you;	G4771 →
οὐκέτι	ouketi	no longer	G3756 →G2089 →
εἰμὶ	eimi	am I	G1510 →
ἄξιος	axios	worthy	G514 →
κληθῆναι	klēthēnai	to be called	G2564 →
υἱός	huios	son	G5207 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 2:4
Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
leads to
- 2 Peter 3:9
  The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
- Isaiah 30:18
  Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
- Exodus 34:6
  Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
- Titus 3:4–6
  But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
- Romans 9:22–23
  What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?
Through
Psalms 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.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 12:13–14
  Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
- Genesis 39:9
  No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin…
- Genesis 20:6
  Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did…