'Servant' in the Bible

Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.

No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.

And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well.

Because I myself am a man under authority, having under me fighting men; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

And Jesus said to the captain, Go in peace; as your faith is, so let it be done to you. And the servant was made well in that hour.

A disciple is not greater than his master, or a servant than his lord.

It is enough for the disciple that he may be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have given the name Beelzebub to the master of the house, how much more to those of his house!

This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

See my servant, the man of my selection, my loved one in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him, and he will make my decision clear to the Gentiles.

So the servant went down on his face and gave him worship, saying, Lord, give me time to make payment and I will give you all.

And the lord of that servant, being moved with pity, let him go, and made him free of the debt.

But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt.

So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you.

Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me:

Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?

Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;

Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.

But let the greatest among you be your servant.

Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?

A blessing on that servant, who will be doing so when his lord comes.

But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming;

The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge,

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,

And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

And one of those who were with Jesus put out his hand, and took out his sword and gave the servant of the high priest a blow, cutting off his ear.

Now Peter was seated in the open square outside the house: and a servant-girl came to him, saying, You were with Jesus the Galilaean.

Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;

And seating himself, he made the twelve come to him; and he said to them, If any man has the desire to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.

But it is not so among you: but whoever has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant:

And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him be servant of all.

For truly the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.

And when the time came, he sent a servant to get from the workmen some of the fruit of the garden.

And again he sent to them another servant; and they gave him wounds on the head, and were very cruel to him.

But a certain one of those who were near took out his sword, and gave the servant of the high priest a blow, cutting off his ear.

And while Peter was down in the open square of the building, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came;

And Mary said: I am the servant of the Lord; may it be to me as you say. And the angel went away.

For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.

His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever,

Lifting up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,

Now you are letting your servant go in peace, O Lord, as you have said;

And Jesus in answer said to him, It has been said in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God, and be his servant only.

And shutting the book he gave it back to the servant and took his seat: and the eyes of all in the Synagogue were fixed on him.

And a certain captain had a servant who was very dear to him; this servant was ill and near to death.

And when news of Jesus came to his ears, he sent to him rulers of the Jews, requesting that he would come and make his servant well.

And I had the feeling that I was not even good enough to come to you: but say the word only, and my servant will be well.

For I, myself, am a man under authority, having men under me; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

And when those who were sent came back to the house they saw that the servant was well.

This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's chief house-servant, and Susanna and a number of others, who gave him of their wealth for his needs.

Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food.

And the Lord said, Who then is the wise and responsible servant whom his lord will put in control of his family, to give them their food at the right time?

Happy is that servant who, when his lord comes, is doing so.

But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;

The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;

And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;

And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

And the servant said, Lord, your orders have been done, and still there is room.

And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full.

But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:

And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.

And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets.

And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light.

No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

Does he give praise to the servant because he did what was ordered?

And he said to him, You have done well, O good servant: because you have done well in a small thing you will have authority over ten towns.

He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;

And at the right time he sent a servant to the workers to get part of the fruit from the vines; but the workmen gave him blows and sent him away with nothing.

And he sent another servant, and they gave blows to him in the same way, and put shame on him, and sent him away with nothing.

But let it not be so with you; but he who is greater, let him become like the younger; and he who is chief, like a servant.

For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.

And one of them gave a blow to the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.

They said to him in answer, We are Abraham's seed and have never been any man's servant: why do you say, You will become free?

And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin.

Now the servant does not go on living in the house for ever, but the son does.

He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions:

Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.

If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.

Truly I say to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; and he who is sent is not greater than the one who sent him.

No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.

Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, took it out and gave the high priest's servant a blow, cutting off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.

The God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has given glory to his servant Jesus; whom you gave up, turning your backs on him, when Pilate had made the decision to let him go free.

To you, first, God sent his servant, blessing you by turning every one of you from his sins.

Who has said, by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David your servant, Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,

While your hand is stretched out to do works of mercy; so that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.

And he went and there was a man of Ethiopia, a servant of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and controller of all her property, who had come up to Jerusalem for worship;

But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;

For this night there came to my side an angel of the God who is my Master and whose servant I am,

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, an Apostle by the selection of God, given authority as a preacher of the good news,

For God is my witness, whose servant I am in spirit in the good news of his Son, that you are at all times in my memory and in my prayers,

But I see another law in my body, working against the law of my mind, and making me the servant of the law of sin which is in my flesh.

I give praise to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So with my mind I am a servant to the law of God, but with my flesh to the law of sin.

It was said to her, The older will be the servant of the younger.

For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.