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Andδὲthe sonὁ υἱὸςsaidεἶπενto him,αὐτῷ‘Father,ΠάτερI have sinnedἥμαρτονagainstεἰςheavenτὸν οὐρανὸνandκαὶbeforeἐνώπιόνyou;σουI amεἰμὶno longerοὐκέτιworthyἄξιοςto be calledκληθῆναιyour son.’υἱός σου
Luke 15:21
Study it in the app“And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’”
Jesus paints a father who runs to meet the son coming homeWho God IsThe father sees his son far off, runs and embraces himTurning back to GodThe father welcomes the son who returned and throws a feastForgiveness
With the Greek beneath
Luke 15:21, word by word
- the sonυἱὸςhuios
son
A son.
Where else “huios” appears- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- ‘FatherΠάτερPater
parents
A family's father; sometimes father and mother.
Where else “Pater” appears- I have sinnedἥμαρτονhēmarton
sin
Sin: fail God, do what he forbids.
Where else “hēmarton” appears- heavenοὐρανὸνouranon
heaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranon” appears- beforeἐνώπιόνenōpion
before, in front of
In front of, in the presence of.
Where else “enōpion” appears- 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
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Some ancient manuscripts add “make me like one of your hired workers,” as in 15:19.
The context
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.
21 · This verse (above)
22But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly, bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet;
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)