Luke 15:19

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I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired workers.”’

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  • Job 42:6 : 6 Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes!
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.
  • Matt 15:26-27 : 26 “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs,” he said. 27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied,“but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
  • Luke 5:8 : 8 But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying,“Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!”
  • Luke 7:6-7 : 6 So Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him,“Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof! 7 That is why I did not presume to come to you. Instead, say the word, and my servant must be healed.
  • 1 Cor 15:9 : 9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
  • Gen 32:10 : 10 I am not worthy of all the faithful love you have shown your servant. With only my walking stick I crossed the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
  • 1 Pet 5:6 : 6 And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand
  • Josh 9:24-25 : 24 They said to Joshua,“It was carefully reported to your subjects how the LORD your God commanded Moses his servant to assign you the whole land and to destroy all who live in the land from before you. Because of you we were terrified we would lose our lives, so we did this thing. 25 So now we are in your power. Do to us what you think is good and appropriate.”
  • 1 Tim 1:13-16 : 13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and our Lord’s grace was abundant, bringing faith and love in Christ Jesus. 15 This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance:“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”– and I am the worst of them! 16 But here is why I was treated with mercy: so that in me as the worst, Christ Jesus could demonstrate his utmost patience, as an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life.
  • Jas 4:8-9 : 8 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded. 9 Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 15:20-32
    13 verses
    91%

    20So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; he ran and hugged his son and kissed him.

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

    22But the father said to his slaves,‘Hurry! Bring the best robe, and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet!

    23Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,

    24because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again– he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

    25“Now his older son was in the field. As he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

    26So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.

    27The slave replied,‘Your brother has returned, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got his son back safe and sound.’

    28But the older son became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and appealed to him,

    29but he answered his father,‘Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!

    30But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’

    31Then the father said to him,‘Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours.

    32It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”

  • Luke 15:11-18
    8 verses
    88%

    11The Parable of the Compassionate Father Then Jesus said,“A man had two sons.

    12The younger of them said to his father,‘Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them.

    13After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle.

    14Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.

    15So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

    16He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

    17But when he came to his senses he said,‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!

    18I will get up and go to my father and say to him,“Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

  • Matt 21:28-30
    3 verses
    71%

    28The Parable of the Two Sons“What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said,‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’

    29The boy answered,‘I will not.’ But later he had a change of heart and went.

    30The father went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered,‘I will, sir,’ but did not go.

  • Luke 16:2-5
    4 verses
    71%

    2So he called the manager in and said to him,‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in the account of your administration, because you can no longer be my manager.’

    3Then the manager said to himself,‘What should I do, since my master is taking my position away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m too ashamed to beg.

    4I know what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

    5So he contacted his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first,‘How much do you owe my master?’

  • Gen 27:18
    70%

    18He went to his father and said,“My father!” Isaac replied,“Here I am. Which are you, my son?”

  • Luke 15:3
    70%

    3So Jesus told them this parable:

  • Luke 18:13
    70%

    13The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said,‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’

  • Matt 18:25-26
    2 verses
    69%

    25Because he was not able to repay it, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.

    26Then the slave threw himself to the ground before him, saying,‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything.’

  • Luke 17:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7“Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep,‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?

    8Won’t the master instead say to him,‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink’?

  • Luke 16:27
    69%

    27So the rich man said,‘Then I beg you, father– send Lazarus to my father’s house

  • Matt 18:32
    69%

    32Then his lord called the first slave and said to him,‘Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!

  • Gal 4:7
    68%

    7So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God.

  • Matt 21:37
    68%

    37Finally he sent his son to them, saying,‘They will respect my son.’

  • Luke 20:13
    68%

    13Then the owner of the vineyard said,‘What should I do? I will send my one dear son; perhaps they will respect him.’

  • Matt 18:29
    68%

    29Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him,‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’

  • Luke 15:6
    67%

    6Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them,‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’

  • Jer 3:19
    67%

    19“I thought to myself,‘Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son! What a joy it would be for me to give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!’ I thought you would call me,‘Father’ and would never cease being loyal to me.

  • Gen 50:18
    67%

    18Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said,“Here we are; we are your slaves.”

  • Luke 19:12
    67%

    12Therefore he said,“A nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.

  • Gen 44:33
    67%

    33“So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.

  • Matt 20:14
    67%

    14Take what is yours and go. I want to give to this last man the same as I gave to you.

  • John 15:15
    67%

    15I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father.

  • Luke 19:10
    67%

    10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

  • Luke 14:21
    67%

    21So the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furious and said to his slave,‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’