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“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
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“The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.
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It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
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“Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
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Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
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The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.
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When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened.
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“Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to.
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In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
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“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time?
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It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
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But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’
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The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.
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But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.
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“After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.
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The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.’
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“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’
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“The man with two bags of gold also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.’
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“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’
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“Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
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“His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?
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Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”
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There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die.
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The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!” He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm.
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“Who touched me?” Jesus asked. When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.”
