And, even upon my men-servants and upon my maid-servants in those days, will I pour out of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy;

For this cause, hath the kingdom of the heavens become like unto a man, a king, who wished to settle an account with his servants;

For it is, just as a man, who, going from home, called his own servants, and delivered up to them his substance;

As a man from home - having left his house, and given his servants the authority, to each one, his work, - and, unto the porter, hath given command, that he should watch: -

Not by way of eye-service as man-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God, from the soul,

Ye servants! be obedient, in all things, unto them who, according to the flesh, are your masters, - not with eye-service, as man-pleasers, but with singleness of heart, revering the Lord, -