'Slaves' in the Bible
“No one can be a slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and of money.
The landowner’s slaves came to him and said, ‘Master, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?’
“‘An enemy did this!’ he told them.“‘So, do you want us to go and gather them up?’ the slaves asked him.
For this reason, the kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.
“But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him 100 denarii. He grabbed him, started choking him, and said, ‘Pay what you owe!’
When the other slaves saw what had taken place, they were deeply distressed and went and reported to their master everything that had happened.
When the grape harvest drew near, he sent his slaves to the farmers to collect his fruit.
But the farmers took his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
Again, he sent other slaves, more than the first group, and they did the same to them.
He sent out his slaves to summon those invited to the banquet, but they didn’t want to come.
Again, he sent out other slaves, and said, ‘Tell those who are invited: Look, I’ve prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
And the others seized his slaves, treated them outrageously and killed them.
“Then he told his slaves, ‘The banquet is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
So those slaves went out on the roads and gathered everyone they found, both evil and good. The wedding banquet was filled with guests.
"Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their food at the proper time?
and starts to beat his fellow slaves, and eats and drinks with drunkards,
“For it is just like a man going on a journey. He called his own slaves and turned over his possessions to them.
“After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them.