Lucas 15:19

19 Ya no soy digno de que me llamen tu hijo. Te ruego que me contrates como jornalero’”.

Lucas 15:19 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 15:19

And am no more worthy to be called thy son
As all the Jews were; not only by creation, and providential care, as all men are; but by national adoption: and however worthy this man might think himself to be called a Son of God before, and value himself upon it; he now sees, and was ready to own his unworthiness to be called so in any sense; and much more to be called and accounted a Son of God by special adoption;

make me as one of thy hired servants;
this is said not from a servile spirit, but to express the mean thoughts he had of himself, and the great desire he had to be fed from his father's table, in the meanest way; and what an happiness and honour it would be to him, could he be the meanest in his family, a doorkeeper in his house; which was more eligible to him, than to dwell in the tents of sin, or continue in this hungry and starving condition.

Lucas 15:19 In-Context

17 »Cuando finalmente entró en razón, se dijo a sí mismo: “En casa, hasta los jornaleros tienen comida de sobra, ¡y aquí estoy yo, muriéndome de hambre!

18 Volveré a la casa de mi padre y le diré: ‘Padre, he pecado contra el cielo y contra ti.

19 Ya no soy digno de que me llamen tu hijo. Te ruego que me contrates como jornalero’”.

20 »Entonces regresó a la casa de su padre, y cuando todavía estaba lejos, su padre lo vio llegar. Lleno de amor y de compasión, corrió hacia su hijo, lo abrazó y lo besó.

21 Su hijo le dijo: “Padre, he pecado contra el cielo y contra ti, y ya no soy digno de que me llamen tu hijo”
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