Luc 15:19

19 Et je ne suis plus digne d'être appelé ton fils; traite moi comme l'un de tes mercenaires.

Luc 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.

Luc 15:19 In-Context

17 Étant donc rentré en lui-même, il dit: Combien de serviteurs aux gages de mon père ont du pain en abondance, et moi, je meurs de faim!

18 Je me lèverai et m'en irai vers mon père, et je lui dirai: Mon père, j'ai péché contre le ciel et contre toi;

19 Et je ne suis plus digne d'être appelé ton fils; traite moi comme l'un de tes mercenaires.

20 Il partit donc et vint vers son père. Et comme il était encore loin, son père le vit et fut touché de compassion, et courant à lui, il se jeta à son cou et le baisa.

21 Et son fils lui dit: Mon père, j'ai péché contre le ciel et contre toi, et je ne suis plus digne d'être appelé ton fils.