KJV King James Version
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Luke 15:18
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
WEB World English Bible
I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.
ASV American Standard Version
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin—to the heaven, and before thee,
Surrounding context — Luke 15
15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἀναστὰςG450 · anistēmito ariseπορεύσομαιG4198 · poreuōto travelπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoπατέραG3962 · patērfatherμουG3165 · memeκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐρῶG4483 · rheō, ereōto sayαὐτῷ·G846 · autosit/s/heπάτερ,G3962 · patērfatherἥμαρτονG264 · hamartanōto sinεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoοὐρανὸνG3772 · ouranosheavenκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐνώπιόνG1799 · enōpionbeforeσου·G4771 · suyou
Cross-references
Lamentations 3:40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.1 John 1:8-10If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.Luke 15:21And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.Jeremiah 50:4-5In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.Luke 18:13And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as [his] eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.Psalm 51:3-5For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.Matthew 6:14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:Hosea 2:6-7Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.Psalm 32:3-5When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.Psalm 25:11For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it [is] great.Jeremiah 3:19But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.Proverbs 23:13Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.Isaiah 63:16Doubtless thou [art] our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, [art] our father, our redeemer; thy name [is] from everlasting.Matthew 6:9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.Matthew 3:6And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.2 Chronicles 33:19His prayer also, and [how God] was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they [are] written among the sayings of the seers.Job 33:27-28He looketh upon men, and [if any] say, I have sinned, and perverted [that which was] right, and it profited me not;Jeremiah 31:20[Is] Ephraim my dear son? [is he] a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
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