<p class="poetry">but emptied himselfp> <p class="poetry">by taking on the form of a slave,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">by looking like other men,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and by sharing in human nature.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">From Paul,<n id="1" /> a slave<n id="2" /> of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith<n id="3" /> of God&#8217;s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth that is in keeping with godliness,

<t /><p class="bodytext">From James,<n id="1" /> a slave<n id="2" /> of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad.<n id="3" /> Greetings!p>

Live<n id="1" /> as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God&#8217;s slaves.<n id="2" />

Although these false teachers promise<n id="1" /> such people<n id="2" /> freedom, they themselves are enslaved to<n id="3" /> immorality.<n id="4" /> For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.<n id="5" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">From Jude,<n id="1" /> a slave<n id="2" /> of Jesus Christ and brother of James,<n id="3" /> to those who are called, wrapped in the love of<n id="4" /> God the Father and kept for<n id="5" /> Jesus Christ.

So the slaves<n id="1" /> of the owner came and said to him, &#8216;Sir, didn&#8217;t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?&#8217;

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.<n id="1" />

Then his lord called the first slave<n id="1" /> and said to him, &#8216;Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!

When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves<n id="1" /> to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.<n id="2" />

But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one,<n id="1" /> killed another, and stoned another.

Then he said to his slaves, &#8216;The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy.

And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,

And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.&#8217;p>

At harvest time he sent a slave<n id="1" /> to the tenants to collect from them<n id="2" /> his portion of the crop.<n id="3" />

One of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the high priest&#8217;s slave,<n id="1" /> cutting off his ear.

When the centurion<n id="1" /> heard<n id="2" /> about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders<n id="3" /> to him, asking him to come<n id="4" /> and heal his slave.

That<n id="1" /> servant who knew his master&#8217;s will but did not get ready or do what his master asked<n id="2" /> will receive a severe beating.

At<n id="1" /> the time for the banquet<n id="2" /> he sent his slave<n id="3" /> to tell those who had been invited, &#8216;Come, because everything is now ready.&#8217;