'Servant' in the Bible

And the centurion answering said, 'Sir, I am not worthy that thou mayest enter under my roof, but only say a word, and my servant shall be healed;

for I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Be coming, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doth it.'

'A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord;

sufficient to the disciple that he may be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord; if the master of the house they did call Beelzeboul, how much more those of his household?

'Lo, My servant, whom I did choose, My beloved, in whom My soul did delight, I will put My Spirit upon him, and judgment to the nations he shall declare,

The servant then, having fallen down, was bowing to him, saying, Sir, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all;

and the lord of that servant having been moved with compassion did release him, and the debt he forgave him.

'And, that servant having come forth, found one of his fellow-servants who was owing him an hundred denaries, and having laid hold, he took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that which thou owest.

then having called him, his lord saith to him, Evil servant! all that debt I did forgive thee, seeing thou didst call upon me,

and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant;

'Who, then, is the servant, faithful and wise, whom his lord did set over his household, to give them the nourishment in season?

Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;

'And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come,

the lord of that servant will arrive in a day when he doth not expect, and in an hour of which he doth not know,

'And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

'His lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

'And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter!

and the unprofitable servant cast ye forth to the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.

And lo, one of those with Jesus, having stretched forth the hand, drew his sword, and having struck the servant of the chief priest, he took off his ear.

and whoever of you may will to become first, he shall be servant of all;

and he sent unto the husbandmen at the due time a servant, that from the husbandmen he may receive from the fruit of the vineyard,

And again he sent unto them another servant, and at that one having cast stones, they wounded him in the head, and sent away -- dishonoured.

and a certain one of those standing by, having drawn the sword, struck the servant of the chief priest, and took off his ear.

He received again Israel His servant, To remember kindness,

And did raise an horn of salvation to us, In the house of David His servant,

'Now Thou dost send away Thy servant, Lord, according to Thy word, in peace,

and a certain centurion's servant being ill, was about to die, who was much valued by him,

and having heard about Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, beseeching him, that having come he might thoroughly save his servant.

for I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Be coming, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doth it.'

and those sent, having turned back to the house, found the ailing servant in health.

Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;

'And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken;

the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he doth not look for him, and in an hour that he doth not know, and will cut him off, and his portion with the unfaithful he will appoint.

'And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,

and he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now are all things ready.

'And that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.

'And the servant said, Sir, it hath been done as thou didst command, and still there is room.

'And the lord said unto the servant, Go forth to the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;

But, who is he of you -- having a servant ploughing or feeding -- who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come near, recline at meat?

Hath he favour to that servant because he did the things directed? I think not.

and he said to him, Well done, good servant, because in a very little thou didst become faithful, be having authority over ten cities.

'And he saith to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, evil servant: thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow!

and at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that from the fruit of the vineyard they may give to him, but the husbandmen having beat him, did send him away empty.

'And he added to send another servant, and they that one also having beaten and dishonoured, did send away empty;

And a certain one of them smote the servant of the chief priest, and took off his right ear,

Jesus answered them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you -- Every one who is committing sin, is a servant of the sin,

and the servant doth not remain in the house -- to the age, the son doth remain -- to the age;

verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him;

no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.

'Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;

Simon Peter, therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the chief priest's servant, and cut off his right ear -- and the name of the servant was Malchus --

who, through the mouth of David thy servant, did say, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate vain things?

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God --

for my being a servant of Jesus Christ to the nations, acting as priest in the good news of God, that the offering up of the nations may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

a servant -- wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free -- use it rather;

for he who is in the Lord -- having been called a servant -- is the Lord's freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:

for being free from all men, to all men I made myself servant, that the more I might gain;

for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please -- Christ's servant I should not be.

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

And I say, so long time as the heir is a babe, he differeth nothing from a servant -- being lord of all,

so that thou art no more a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.

having known that whatever good thing each one may do, this he shall receive from the Lord, whether servant or freeman.

but did empty himself, the form of a servant having taken, in the likeness of men having been made,

And I thought it necessary Epaphroditus -- my brother, and fellow-workman, and fellow-soldier, and your apostle and servant to my need -- to send unto you,

where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythian, servant, freeman -- but the all and in all -- Christ.

Salute you doth Epaphras, who is of you, a servant of Christ, always striving for you in the prayers, that ye may stand perfect and made full in all the will of God,

and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the choice ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that is according to piety,

no more as a servant, but above a servant -- a brother beloved, especially to me, and how much more to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord!

of the holy places a servant, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord did set up, and not man,

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail!

Simeon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who did obtain a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:

Judas, of Jesus Christ a servant, and brother of James, to those sanctified in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ kept -- called,

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify it, having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

and the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the chiefs of thousands, and the mighty, and every servant, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens, and in the rocks of the mountains,

and they sing the song of Moses, servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, 'Great and wonderful are Thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty, righteous and true are Thy ways, O King of saints,