Exodus 21:5

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And yf the seruaunt say: I loue my maister, my wyfe, and my chyldren, I wyll not go out free:

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  • Deut 15:16-17 : 16 And if he say vnto thee, I wyll not go away from thee: because he loueth thee and thine house, and is well at ease with thee: 17 Then shalt thou take an aule, & nayle his eare to the doore therwith, and let hym be thy seruaunt for euer: And vnto thy mayde seruaunt thou shalt do likewise.
  • 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the loue of Christe constrayneth vs, because we thus iudge, that yf one dyed for all, then were all dead. 15 And he dyed for all, that they which lyue, shoulde not hencefoorth lyue vnto them selues, but vnto hym which dyed for them, and rose agayne.
  • Isa 26:13 : 13 O Lord our God, other lordes beside thee hath subdued vs: but we wyll be mindfull only of thee and of thy name.

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  • Exod 21:2-4
    3 verses
    87%

    2If thou bye a seruaunt that is an Hebrue, sixe yeres he shall serue, & in the seuenth, he shall go out free paying nothyng.

    3If he came alone, he shall go out alone: and yf he came maryed, his wyfe shall go out with hym.

    4And if his maister haue geuen hym a wyfe, and she haue borne him sonnes or daughters: then the wyfe and her chyldren shalbe her maisters, and he shall go out alone.

  • Exod 21:6-11
    6 verses
    83%

    6His maister shall bryng hym vnto the iudges, and set hym to the doore or the doorepost, and his maister shal bore his eare through with a naule, and he shalbe his seruaunt for euer.

    7And if a man sell his daughter to be a seruaunt, she shal not go out as the men seruauntes do.

    8If she please not her maister, who hath nowe promised her mariage, then shall he let her redeeme her selfe: To sell her vnto a straunge nation shall he haue no power, seyng he despised her.

    9If he haue promysed her vnto his sonne to wyfe, he shall deale with her as men do with their daughters.

    10And if he take hym another wyfe: yet her foode, her rayment, and duetie of maryage shall he not minishe.

    11And if he do not these three vnto her, the shal she go out free & pay no money.

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    16And if he say vnto thee, I wyll not go away from thee: because he loueth thee and thine house, and is well at ease with thee:

    17Then shalt thou take an aule, & nayle his eare to the doore therwith, and let hym be thy seruaunt for euer: And vnto thy mayde seruaunt thou shalt do likewise.

    18And let it not greeue thine eye, when thou lettest him go out free fro thee, for he hath ben worth a double hired seruaunt to thee in his seruice sixe yeres: And the Lord thy God shall blesse thee in all that thou doest.

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    26And if a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde in the eye, that it perishe, he shall let them go free for the eyes sake.

    27Also if he smyte out his seruaunt or his maydes tothe, he shall let them go out free for the tothes sake.

  • Lev 25:39-42
    4 verses
    76%

    39If thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poore, and be solde vnto thee, thou shalt not compell hym to serue as a bonde seruaunt:

    40But as an hired seruaunt, and as a soiourner he shalbe with thee, and shall serue thee vnto the yere of Iubilee.

    41And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with hym, and shall returne vnto his owne kinred agayne, and vnto the possession of his fathers shall he returne.

    42For they are my seruauntes, which I brought out of the lande of Egypt, and shall not therfore be solde as bondmen.

  • Lev 25:53-55
    3 verses
    75%

    53And he shalbe with hym yere by yere as an hired seruaunt: and the other shal not raigne cruelly ouer him in thy sight.

    54If he be not redeemed thus, he shall go out in the yere of Iubilee, both he and his children with hym:

    55For vnto me the children of Israel are seruauntes, they are my seruauntes which I brought out of the lande of Egypt: I am the Lorde your God.

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    12If thy brother an Hebrue sell hym selfe to thee, or an Hebrue woman, and serue thee sixe yeres, in the seuenth yere thou shalt let hym go free from thee.

    13And when thou sendest hym out free from thee, thou shalt not let hym go away emptie:

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    20And if a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde with a rod, & they dye vnder his hande, he shalbe greeuously punished.

    21And if he continue a day or two, it shal not be reueged, for he is his money.

  • 15Thou shalt not deliuer vnto his maister, the seruaunt whiche is escaped from his maister vnto thee.

  • Jer 34:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel: I made a couenaunt with your fathers when I brought them out of the lande of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying:

    14When seuen yeres are out, euery man shall let his bought seruaunt an Hebrue go free, if he haue serued hym sixe yeres: but your fathers obayed me not, and hearkened not vnto me.

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    14And if thou haue no fauour vnto her, then let her go whither she lusteth, and sell her not for money, nor make marchaundize of her, because thou hast humbled her.

    15If a man haue two wyues, one beloued, and another hated, and they haue borne hym children, both the loued and also the hated: If the first borne be the sonne of the hated:

  • Jer 34:9-11
    3 verses
    71%

    9So that euery man should let his seruaunt and handmayde go free, Hebrue and Hebruesse, and no Iewe holde his brother as a bondman.

    10Nowe as they had consented, all the princes and all the people whiche had gathered vnto this agreement, that euery man shoulde set at libertie his bondseruaunt and bondwoman, and no longer to holde them bounde: euen so they were obedient, and let them go free.

    11But afterwarde they repented, and toke agayne the seruauntes and handmaydens whom they had let go free, and so made them bonde agayne.

  • 23And I sayde vnto thee, that thou let my sonne go, that he may serue me. And if thou refuse to let him go: beholde, I do slay thy sonne euen thy first borne.

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    25But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his Lorde commaunded hym to be solde, and his wyfe, and chyldren, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

    26The seruaunt fell downe, & besought hym, saying: Lorde, haue pacience with me, and I wyll pay thee all.

  • 21Art thou called a seruaunt? care not for it: Neuerthelesse, if thou mayest be free, vse it rather.

  • 16It is euen so O God, for I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handemayde: thou hast loosed my bondes in sunder.

  • 22Seruauntes, obey in all thynges to your bodyly maisters: not with eye seruice, as men pleasers, but in singlenesse of heart, fearyng God.

  • 5Seruauntes obey them that are your bodyly maisters, with feare and tremblyng, in singlenesse of your heart, as vnto Christe.

  • 21He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a chylde, shall make hym his maister at length.

  • John 8:35-36
    2 verses
    69%

    35And the seruaut abideth not in ye house for euer: but the sonne abydeth euer.

    36Yf the sonne therefore shall make you free, then are ye free in deede.

  • 51If there be yet many yeres behynde, accordyng vnto them let hym geue againe for his deliueraunce, of the money that he was bought for.

  • 13If I euer thought scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes & maydens, when they had any matter against me:

  • 32But if it be a seruaunt or a mayde that the oxe hath gored, then he shall geue vnto their maister thirtie sicles, and the oxe shalbe stoned.

  • 4Wyll he make a couenaunt with thee? or wilt thou take him for a seruaunt for euer?

  • 33Nowe therefore I pray thee, let me thy seruaunt byde here for the lad, and be my lordes bondman, and let the lad go vp with his brethren.

  • 9Exhort seruauntes, to be obedient vnto their owne maisters, and to please them in all thynges, not aunsweryng agayne:

  • 26Geue me my wyues and my chyldren for whom I haue serued thee, and let me go: for thou knowest what seruice I haue done thee.