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just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
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“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
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for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed,
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He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful
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He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
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“Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you may now dismiss your servant in peace.
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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 centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant.
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That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed.
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For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
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Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.
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like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.
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It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.
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It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak.
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The Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time?
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It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns.
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But suppose the servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
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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. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
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“The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.
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At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
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“The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’
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“‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’
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“Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
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“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!
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I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’
