saying, "Sir, my servant is lying ill at home with paralysis, in terrible agony."

The captain answered, "Sir, I am not fit to have you under my roof; only say the word, and my servant will be cured.

For though I am a man under authority myself, I have soldiers under me; I tell one man to go, and he goes, I tell another to come, and he comes, I tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

Then Jesus said to the captain, "Go; as you have had faith, your prayer is granted." And the servant was cured at that very hour.

A scholar is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord;

enough for the scholar to fare like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If men have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they miscall his servants!

Here is my servant whom I have selected, my Beloved in whom my soul delights; I will invest him with my Spirit, and he will proclaim religion to the Gentiles.

So the servant fell down and prayed him, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you it all.'

And out of pity for that servant his master released him and discharged his debt.

But as that servant went away, he met one of his fellow-servants who owed him twenty pounds, and seizing him by the throat he said, 'Pay your debt!'

So his fellow-servant fell down and implored him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you.'

Then his master summoned him and said, 'You scoundrel of a servant! I discharged all that debt for you, because you implored me.

Ought you not to have had mercy on your fellow-servant, as I had on you?'

not so with you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

He who is greatest among you must be your servant.

Now where is the trusty and thoughtful servant, whom his lord and master has set over his household to assign them their supplies at the proper time?

Blessed is that servant if his lord and master finds him so doing when he arrives!

But if the bad servant says to himself, 'My lord and master is long of coming,'

that servant's lord and master will arrive on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know;

The servant who had got the twelve hundred pounds went at once and traded with them, making another twelve hundred.

Similarly the servant who had got the five hundred pounds made another five hundred.

But the servant who had got the two hundred and fifty pounds went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.

Then the servant who had got the twelve hundred pounds came forward, bringing twelve hundred more; he said, 'You handed me twelve hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another twelve hundred.'

His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'

Then the servant with the five hundred pounds came forward. He said, 'You handed me five hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another five hundred.'

His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'

Then the servant who had got the two hundred and fifty pounds came forward. He said, 'I knew you were a hard man, sir, reaping where you never sowed and gathering where you never winnowed.

His master said to him in reply, 'You rascal, you idle servant! You knew, did you, that I reap where I have never sowed and gather where I have never winnowed!

Take therefore the two hundred and fifty pounds away from him, give it to the servant who had the twelve hundred.

Throw the good-for-nothing servant into the darkness outside; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

One of his companions put out his hand, drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

So he sat down and called the twelve. "If anyone wants to be first," he said to them, "he must be last of all and the servant of all."

not so with you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

When the season came round he sent a servant to the vine dressers to collect from the vine dressers some of the produce of the vineyard,

Once more he sent them another servant; him they knocked on the head and insulted.

but one of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

for he has considered the humiliation of his servant. From this time forth all generations will call me blessed,

He has succoured his servant Israel, mindful of his mercy

he has raised up a strong saviour for us in the house of his servant David

"Now, Master, thou canst let thy servant go, and go in peace, as thou didst promise;

Now there was an army-captain who had a servant ill whom he valued very highly. This man was at the point of death;

so, when the captain heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and make his servant well.

and so I did not consider myself fit even to come to you. Just say the word, and let my servant be cured.

For though I am a man under authority myself, I have soldiers under me; I tell one man to go, and he goes, I tell another to come, and he comes, I tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

Then the messengers went back to the house and found the sick servant was quite well.

Blessed is that servant if his lord and master finds him so doing when he arrives!

But if that servant says to himself, 'My lord and master is long of arriving,' and if he starts to beat the menservants and maidservants, to eat and drink and get drunk,

that servant's lord and master will arrive on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know; he will cut him in two and assign him the fate of unbelievers.

The servant who knew his lord and master's orders and did not prepare for them, will receive many lashes;

At the hour for supper he sent his servant to tell the guests, 'Come, things are all ready.'

The servant went and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house was enraged, and said to his servant, 'Quick, go out to the streets and lanes of the town and bring in the poor, the maimed, the blind, and the lame.'

When the servant announced, 'Your order has been carried out, sir, but there is still room,'

the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the roads and hedges and make people come in, to fill up my house.

The servant told him, 'Your brother has arrived, and your father has killed the fatted calf because he has got him back safe and sound.'

No servant can serve two masters: either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will stand by the one and despise the other, you cannot serve both God and Mammon."

Which of you, with a servant out ploughing or shepherding, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your place at table'?

Does he thank the servant for doing his bidding?

'Capital,' he said, 'you excellent servant! because you have proved trustworthy in a trifle, you are placed over ten towns.'

He replied, 'You rascal of a servant, I will convict you by what you have said yourself. You knew, did you, that I was a hard man, picking up what I never put down, and reaping what I never sowed!

When the season came round he sent a servant to the vine dressers to receive part of the produce of the vineyard, but the vinedressers flogged him and sent him off with nothing.

He proceeded to send another servant, and they flogged him too, insulted him and sent him off with nothing.

not so with you. He who is greatest among you must be like the youngest, and he who is chief like a servant.

Which is the greatest, guest or servant? Is it not the guest? But I am among you as a servant.

And one of them did strike the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.

"There is a servant here, with five barley-cakes and a couple of fish; but what is that among so many?"

If anyone serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there shall my servant be also: if anyone serves me, my Father will honour him.

Truly, truly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than he who sent him.

I call you servants no longer, because a servant does not know what his master is doing: I call you friends, because I have imparted to you all that I have learned from my Father.

Remember what I told you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they hold to my word, they will hold to yours.

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear (the servant's name was Malchus);

The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers has glorified Jesus his servant, whom you delivered up and repudiated before Pilate. Pilate had decided to release him,

It was for you first that God raised up his Servant, and sent him to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways."

who said to our fathers by the holy Spirit through the lips of thy servant David, Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples vainly conspire?

In this very city they actually mustered against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst consecrate ??Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

when thy hand is stretched out to heal and to perform miracles and wonders by the name of thy holy Servant Jesus."

PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God

the magistrate is God's servant for your benefit. But if you do wrong, you may well be alarmed; a magistrate does not wield the power of the sword for nothing, he is God's servant for the infliction of divine vengeance upon evil-doers.

Who are you to criticize the servant of Another? It is for his Master to say whether he stands or falls; and stand he will, for the Master has power to make him stand.

Christ, I mean, became a servant to the circumcised in order to prove God's honesty by fulfilling His promises to the fathers,

(It is Christ Jesus as Lord, not myself, that I proclaim; I am simply a servant of yours for Jesus' sake.)

Now is that 'appealing to the interests of men' or of God? Trying to 'satisfy men'? Why, if I still tried to give satisfaction to human masters, I would be no servant of Christ.

What I mean is this. As long as an heir is under age, there is no difference between him and a servant, though he is lord of all the property;

So you are servant no longer but son, and as son you are also heir, all owing to God.

but emptied himself by taking the nature of a servant; born in human guise

You got that lesson from our beloved fellow-servant Epaphras, a minister of Christ who is faithful to your interests;

Tychicus, that beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord, will give you all information about me.

Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, salutes you ??a servant of Christ Jesus who is always earnest in prayer for you, that you may stand firm like mature and convinced Christians, whatever be the will of God for you.

And the Lord's servant must not be a man of strife; he must be kind to everybody, a skilled teacher, a man who will not resent injuries;

Paul a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God's elect and for their knowledge of the Truth that goes with a religious life,

James, a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: greeting.

Symeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have been allotted a faith of equal privilege with ours, by the equity of our God and saviour Jesus Christ:

Judas, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, to those who have been called, who are beloved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ:

A revelation by Jesus Christ, which God granted him for his servants, to show them what must come to pass very soon; he disclosed it by sending it through his angel to his servant John,

and they were singing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb ??"Great and marvellous are thy deeds, Lord God almighty! Just and true thy ways, O King of nations!

Then I fell before his feet to worship him; but he said to me, "No, not that! I am but a servant like yourself and your brothers, who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God" (for the testimony borne by Jesus is the breath of all prophecy).

But he said to me, "No, not that! I am but a servant like yourself and your brothers the prophets, who lay to heart the words of this book. Worship God."