Luke 15:18

New International Reader's Version

I will get up and go back to my father. I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven. And I have sinned against you.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:19

Everything about Manasseh is written in the records of the prophets. That includes his prayer and the fact that God felt sorry for him. It includes everything he did before he made himself humble in the Lord’s sight. It includes all his sins and the fact that he wasn’t faithful to the Lord. It includes the locations where he built high places. It includes the places where he set up poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. And it includes the places where he set up statues of other gods.

Psalm 25:11

Lord, be true to your name. Forgive my sin, even though it is great.

Proverbs 23:13

Don’t hold back correction from a child. If you correct them, they won’t die.

Isaiah 63:16

You are our Father. Abraham might not accept us as his children. Jacob might not recognize us as his family. But you are our Father, Lord. Your name is One Who Always Sets Us Free.

Jeremiah 3:19

“I myself said, “ ‘I would gladly treat you like my children. I would give you a pleasant land. It is the most beautiful land any nation could have.’ I thought you would call me ‘Father.’ I hoped you would always obey me.

Jeremiah 31:20

Aren’t the people of Ephraim my dear children? Aren’t they the children I take delight in? I often speak against them. But I still remember them. So my heart longs for them. I love them with a tender love,” announces the Lord.

Lamentations 3:29

Let him bury his face in the dust. There might still be hope for him.

Lamentations 3:40

Let’s take a good look at the way we’re living. Let’s return to the Lord.

Daniel 4:26

But he gave a command to leave the stump of the tree along with its roots. That means your kingdom will be given back to you. It will happen when you recognize that the God of heaven rules.

Jonah 2:4

I said, ‘I have been driven away from you. But I will look again toward your holy temple in Jerusalem.’

Jonah 3:9

Who knows? God might take pity on us. He might not be angry with us anymore. Then we won’t die.”

Matthew 3:6

When they confessed their sins, John baptized them in the Jordan.

Matthew 6:14

Forgive other people when they sin against you. If you do, your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you.

Matthew 6:9

“This is how you should pray. “ ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored.

Matthew 7:11

Even though you are evil, you know how to give good gifts to your children. How much more will your Father who is in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

Luke 11:2

Jesus said to them, “When you pray, this is what you should say. “ ‘Father, may your name be honored. May your kingdom come.

Luke 15:17

“Then he began to think clearly again. He said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough food! But here I am dying from hunger!

Luke 15:19

I am no longer fit to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.” ’

Luke 15:21

“The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer fit to be called your son.’

Luke 18:13

“But the tax collector stood farther away than the Pharisee. He would not even look up to heaven. He brought his hand to his heart and prayed. He said, ‘God, have mercy on me. I am a sinner.’