¹⁶ And ^(A)if it happens that he says to you, ‘I will not go away from you,’ because he loves you and your house, since he prospers with you,

^5 (A)But if the servant plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’ ⁶ then his master shall bring him to the ^(B)judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.