¹¹Then Jesus said, “A man had two sons. ¹²The younger son said to his father, ‘Give me my share of the property.’ So the father divided the property between his two sons. ¹³Then the younger son gathered up all that was his and traveled far away to another country. There he wasted his money in foolish living. ¹⁴After he had spent everything, a time came when there was no food anywhere in the country, and the son was poor and hungry. ¹⁵So he got a job with one of the citizens there who sent the son into the fields to feed pigs. ¹⁶The son was so hungry that he wanted to eat the pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything. ¹⁷When he realized what he was doing, he thought, ‘All of my father’s servants have plenty of food. But I am here, almost dying with hunger. ¹⁸I will leave and return to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against God and against you. ¹⁹I am no longer worthy to be called your son, but let me be like one of your servants.” ’ ²⁰So the son left and went to his father.

“While the son was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt sorry for his son. So the father ran to him and hugged and kissed him. ²¹The son said, ‘Father, I have sinned against God and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ ⁿ

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Luke 15:18–19: I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”…

Footnotes

nson Some Greek copies continue, “but let me be like one of your servants” (see verse 19).