Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Luke 15:19

And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

KJV

οὐκέτι εἰμὶ ἄξιος κληθῆναι υἱός σου· ποίησόν με ὡς ἕνα τῶν μισθίων σου.

Greek NT

jam non sum dignus vocari filius tuus : fac me sicut unum de mercenariis tuis.

Vulgate

I am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

ASV

I am not worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
καλέω
kaleo
verb · 148×
μίσθιος
misthios
adjective · 2×
οὐκέτι
ouketi
adverb · 47×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἄξιος
axios
adjective · 41×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: οὐκέτι | WH/Treg/NIV: οὐκέτι | RP: καὶ οὐκέτι
  • οὐκέτι — SBLGNT
  • οὐκέτι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καὶ οὐκέτι — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1439The process of conversion and repentance was described by Jesus in the parable of the prodigal son, the center of which is the merciful father:37 The fascination of illusory freedom, the abandonment of the father's house; the extreme misery in which the son finds himself after squandering his fortune; his deep humiliation at finding himself obliged to feed swine, and still wors…
§1700The dignity of the human person is rooted in his creation in the image and likeness of God (article 1); it is fulfilled in his vocation to divine beatitude (article 2). It is essential to a human being freely to direct himself to this fulfillment (article 3). By his deliberate actions (article 4), the human person does, or does not, conform to the good promised by God and attes…
§2839With bold confidence, we began praying to our Father. In begging him that his name be hallowed, we were in fact asking him that we ourselves might be always made more holy. But though we are clothed with the baptismal garment, we do not cease to sin, to turn away from God. Now, in this new petition, we return to him like the prodigal son and, like the tax collector, recognize t…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:9 — For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
  • 1Pet 5:6 — Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
  • Gen 32:10 — I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
  • Jas 4:8 — Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
  • Job 42:6 — Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
  • Josh 9:24 — And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of th
  • Luke 5:8 — When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
  • Luke 7:6 — Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter unde
  • Matt 8:8 — The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
  • Ps 84:10 — For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.