19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son! Make me like one of your hired workers.’ 20 And he set out and[a] came to his own father. But while[b] he was still a long way away, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and embraced him[c] and kissed him. 21 And his[d] son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight![e] I am no longer worthy to be called your son!’

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 15:20 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“set out”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Luke 15:20 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“away”)
  3. Luke 15:20 Literally “fell on his neck”
  4. Luke 15:21 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  5. Luke 15:21 Literally “in the sight of you”