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I amεἰμὶno longerοὐκέτιworthyἄξιοςto be calledκληθῆναιyour son;υἱός σουmakeποίησόνmeμεlikeὡςoneἕναof your hired workers.”’τῶν μισθίων σου
Luke 15:19
Study it in the app“I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired workers.”’”
The father welcomes the son who returned and throws a feastForgiveness
With the Greek beneath
Luke 15:19, word by word
- I amεἰμὶeimi
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eimi” appears- worthyἄξιοςaxios
worthy
That has earned something good.
Where else “axios” appears- to be calledκληθῆναιklēthēnai
call
To give someone a name.
Where else “klēthēnai” appears- your sonυἱόςhuios
son
A son.
Where else “huios” appears- makeποίησόνpoiēson
make into
To make someone into something: "I will make you fishers".
Where else “poiēson” appears- oneἕναhena
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “hena” appears- of your hired workers.”’μισθίωνmisthiōn
hired worker
Hired worker, day laborer.
Where else “misthiōn” appears
The context
18I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you;
19 · This verse (above)
20And he got up and went to his own father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and running, he fell on his neck and kissed him.
To study Luke 15 in a group
1. What it says
What does the father do when he sees the younger son returning from far away, and what does the older son do when he finds out? (vv. 20-30)
2. What it means
The three parables are about something lost that is found. What do the shepherd, the woman and the father have in common? (vv. 4-10, 20-24)
3. How I live it
The older son was angry about the feast, and his father pleaded with him to come in. With whom do you find it hard to rejoice today? (vv. 28-32)