Verse 5

But if the servant should declare,‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’

Referenced Verses

• Deut 15:16-17 : 16 However, if the servant says to you,“I do not want to leave you,” because he loves you and your household, since he is well off with you, 17 you shall take an awl and pierce a hole through his ear to the door. Then he will become your servant permanently(this applies to your female servant as well).
• 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died. 15 And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.
• Isa 26:13 : 13 O LORD, our God, masters other than you have ruled us, but we praise your name alone.