'Slaves' in the Bible

Those slaves the master will find alert when he comes will be blessed. I assure you: He will get ready, have them recline at the table, then come and serve them.

If he comes in the middle of the night, or even near dawn, and finds them alert, those slaves are blessed.

But if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and starts to beat the male and female slaves, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

“But the father told his slaves, ‘Quick! Bring out the best robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.

No household slave can be the slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t be slaves to both God and money.”

In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are good-for-nothing slaves; we’ve only done our duty.’”

He called 10 of his slaves, gave them 10 minas, and told them, ‘Engage in business until I come back.’

“At his return, having received the authority to be king, he summoned those slaves he had given the money to, so he could find out how much they had made in business.