'Master' in the Bible
"Not every one who says to me, 'Master, Master,' will enter the Kingdom of the Heavens, but only those who are obedient to my Father who is in Heaven.
Many will say to me on that day, "'Master, Master, have we not prophesied in Thy name, and in Thy name expelled demons, and in Thy name performed many mighty works?'
So they came and woke Him, crying, "Master, save us, we are drowning!"
"The learner is never superior to his teacher, and the servant is never superior to his master.
Enough for the learner to be on a level with his teacher, and for the servant to be on a level with his master. If they have called the master of the house Baal-zebul, how much more will they slander his servants?
"Master," answered Peter, "if it is you, bid me come to you upon the water."
But when he felt the wind he grew frightened, and beginning to sink he cried out, "Master, save me."
Then Peter took Him aside and began taking Him to task. "Master," he said, "God forbid; this will not be your lot."
Then Peter said to Jesus, "Master, we are thankful to you that we are here. If you approve, I will put up three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
At this point Peter came to Him with the question, "Master, how often shall my brother act wrongly towards me and I forgive him? seven times?"
and was unable to pay. So his master ordered that he and his wife and children and everything that he had should be sold, and payment be made.
"Whereupon his master, touched with compassion, set him free and forgave him the debt.
His fellow servants, therefore, seeing what had happened, were exceedingly angry; and they came and told their master without reserve all that had happened.
At once his master called him and said, "'Wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you entreated me:
"So his master, greatly incensed, handed him over to the jailers until he should pay all he owed him.
"When evening came, the master said to his steward, "'Call the men and pay them their wages. Begin with the last set and finish with the first.'
And if any one says anything to you, say, 'The Master needs them,' and he will at once send them."
But of this be assured, that if the master of the house had known the hour at which the robber was coming, he would have kept awake, and not have allowed his house to be broken into.
"Who therefore is the loyal and intelligent servant to whom his master has entrusted the control of his household to give them their rations at the appointed time?
Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes shall find so doing!
But if the man, being a bad servant, should say in his heart, 'My master is a long time in coming,'
the master of that servant will arrive on a day when he is not expecting him and at an hour of which he has not been informed;
"After a long lapse of time the master of those servants returned, and had a reckoning with them.
"'You have done well, good and trustworthy servant,' replied his master; 'you have been trustworthy in the management of a little, I will put you in charge of much: share your master's joy.'
"'Good and trustworthy servant, you have done well,' his master replied; 'you have been trustworthy in the management of a little, I will put you in charge of much: share your master's joy.'
"'You wicked and slothful servant,' replied his master, 'did you know that I reap where I have not sown, and garner what I have not winnowed?
Intensely grieved they began one after another to ask Him, "Can it be I, Master?"
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