Luke 15:21 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

²¹ 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.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ 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 [I no longer deserve to be recognized as a son of yours]!

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ 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.

Common English Bible

²¹ Then his son said, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be called your son.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And the son said to him: 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. Now I am not worthy to be called your son.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ 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.

Luke 15:21 Cross References

Job 33:27

That person sings to others and says, ‘I sinned, and perverted what was right, and it was not paid back to me.

Psalm 143:2

Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.

Psalm 51:4

Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment.

Jeremiah 3:13

Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the Lord your God, and scattered your favors among strangers under every green tree, and have not obeyed my voice, says the Lord.

Ezekiel 16:63

in order that you may remember and be confounded, and never open your mouth again because of your shame, when I forgive you all that you have done, says the Lord God.

Luke 15:20

So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him.

Luke 15:22

But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly, bring out a robe—the best one—and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

Romans 2:4

Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realize that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

1 Corinthians 8:12

But when you thus sin against members of your family, and wound their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.