Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’

Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?’

and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards,

You learned the gospel from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave – a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf –

Tychicus, a dear brother, faithful minister, and fellow slave in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me.

When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very upset and went and told their lord everything that had taken place.

After he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins. So he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’

Each of them was given a long white robe and they were told to rest for a little longer, until the full number was reached of both their fellow servants and their brothers who were going to be killed just as they had been.

But he said to me, “Do not do this! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who obey the words of this book. Worship God!”

So I threw myself down at his feet to worship him, but he said, “Do not do this! I am only a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony about Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”