'Servants' in the Bible

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.

And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?

And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the servants say to him, Is it your pleasure that we go and take them up?

And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has come back from the dead, and so these powers are working in him.

For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.

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 when the other servants saw what was done they were very sad, and came and gave word to their lord of what had been done.

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.

And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.

And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.

Again, he sent other servants more in number than the first: and they did the same to them.

And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the feast: and they would not come.

Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.

And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did evil to them, and put them to death.

But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire.

Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough.

And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.

Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine;

For it is as when a man, about to take a journey, got his servants together, and gave them his property.

Now after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes up his account with them.

But Peter went after him at a distance, to the house of the high priest, and went in and took his seat with the servants, to see the end.

And he said, Come after me: and they went away from their father Zebedee, who was in the boat with the servants, and came after him.

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.

It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.

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 if he comes in the second division of the night or in the third, and they are watching for him, happy are those servants.

And when the time had come, he sent his servants to say to them, Come, for all things are now ready.

But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!

I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants.

But the father said to his servants, Get out the first robe quickly, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet:

And he sent for one of the servants, questioning him about what it might be.

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.

And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come.

And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.

His mother said to the servants, Whatever he says to you, do it.

Jesus said to the servants, Make the pots full of water. And they made them full to the top.

After tasting the water which had now become wine, the master of the feast (having no idea where it came from, though it was clear to the servants who took the water out) sent for the newly-married man,

And while he was going down, his servants came to him and said, Your boy is living.

This discussion of the people came to the ears of the Pharisees; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent servants to take him.

Then the servants went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, Why have you not got him with you?

The servants made answer, No man ever said things like this man.

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.

Now the servants and the police had made a fire of coals because it was cold; they were warming themselves in front of it and Peter was there with them, warming himself.

One of the servants of the high priest, a relation of him whose ear had been cut off by Peter, said, Did I not see you with him in the garden?

And now, Lord, take note of their cruel words, and give your servants power to be preachers of your word without fear,

And God said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them servants, and be cruel to them for four hundred years.

And I will be the judge, said God, of that nation which made them servants: and after that, they will come out and give me worship in this place.

And when the angel who said these words to him had gone away, he sent for two of his house-servants, and a God-fearing man of the army, one of those who were waiting on him at all times;

She came after Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are giving you news of the way of salvation.

Being conscious that our old man was put to death on the cross with him, so that the body of sin might be put away, and we might no longer be servants to sin.

Are you not conscious that you are the servants of him to whom you give yourselves to do his desire? if to sin, the end being death, or if to do the desire of God, the end being righteousness.

But praise be to God that though you were the servants of sin, you have now given yourselves freely to that form of teaching under which you were placed;

And being made free from sin you have been made the servants of righteousness.

I am using words in the way of men, because your flesh is feeble: as you gave your bodies as servants to what is unclean, and to evil to do evil, so now give them as servants to righteousness to do what is holy.

When you were servants of sin you were free from righteousness.

But now, being free from sin, and having been made servants to God, you have your fruit in that which is holy, and the end is eternal life.

But now we are free from the law, having been made dead to that which had power over us; so that we are servants in the new way of the spirit, not in the old way of the letter.

For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father.

Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.

What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.

Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.

And it is right for such servants to be safe persons.

It is the Lord who has made payment for you: be not servants of men.

Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servants of the altar have their part in the food which is offered on the altar?

And there are different sorts of servants, but the same Lord.

For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.

Now I make my request to you, my brothers, for you have knowledge that the house of Stephanas is the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have made themselves the servants of the saints,

Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life.

For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:

For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.

But in everything making it clear that we are the servants of God, in quiet strength, in troubles, in need, in sorrow,

Seriously requesting us that they might have a part in this grace of being servants to the needs of the saints:

So it is no great thing if his servants make themselves seem to be servants of righteousness; whose end will be the reward of their works.

You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.

Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.

And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us;

But at that time, having no knowledge of God, you were servants to those who by right are no gods:

But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?

Which things have a secret sense; because these women are the two agreements; one from the mountain of Sinai, giving birth to servants, which is Hagar.

Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.

For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ;

Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the Bishops and Deacons of the church:

Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:

Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ.

Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.

Let all who are servants under the yoke give all honour to their masters, so that no evil may be said against the name of God and his teaching.

Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument;

For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

And of the angels he says, Who makes his angels winds, and his servants flames of fire:

Are they not all helping spirits, who are sent out as servants to those whose heritage will be salvation?

Being servants of that which is a copy and an image of the things in heaven, as Moses, when he was about to make the Tent, had special orders from God: for, See, he said, that you make everything like the design which you saw in the mountain.

How much more will the blood of Christ, who, being without sin, made an offering of himself to God through the Holy Spirit, make your hearts clean from dead works to be servants of the living God?

We have an altar from which those priests who are servants in the Tent may not take food.

And it was made clear to those prophets that they were God's servants not for themselves but for you, to give you word of the things which have now come to your ears from the preachers of the good news through the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; things which even angels have a desire to see.

But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy;

As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;