Luke 15:18 · KJV
“I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,”
— Luke 15:18
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!
And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
Luke 15 — Context
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
17And 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!
18I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
20And 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.
Cross References
Lamentations 3:40
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
1 John 1:8-10
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Luke 15:21
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.
Luke 18:13
And 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.
Jeremiah 50:4-5
In 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.
Psalms 51:3-5
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin {is} ever before me.
Matthew 6:14
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Psalms 32:3-5
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.