Luke 15:18

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

I will get up and go to my father and say to him, Father, I have sinned against [the God of] heaven and against you.

Cross References

Matthew 3:6

and people were immersed by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

Matthew 6:14

For if you forgive the wrongs people have done [to you], your heavenly Father will also forgive the wrongs you have done [to Him].

Matthew 6:9

Therefore, you should pray this way: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be highly honored.

Matthew 7:11

If then you know how to give good gifts to your children, even though you are sinful [human beings], how much more [likely] is it that your Father in heaven will give good things to those who ask Him?

Luke 11:2

And He said to them, “When you pray you should say, ‘Father, may your name be highly honored. May your kingdom come [to earth].

Luke 15:17

But when he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread to eat, and here I am, dying from hunger!

Luke 15:19

I do not deserve to be called your son [anymore]. Consider me as [just] one of your hired servants.’

Luke 15:21

Then the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against [the God of] heaven and against you. I do not deserve to be called your son.’

Luke 18:13

But the tax collector stood at a distance [i.e., inconspicuously] and would not even look up to heaven, but struck his chest [i.e., in remorse], saying, ‘God, [please] have mercy on a sinner like me [i.e., “cover over” or forgive my sins].’