Sentences with phrase «possession of his servants»

While He is gone, He wants to leave some of his money in the possession of His servants so they can invest it for Him while He is gone.

Not exact matches

As in Matthew, the passage continues with a blessing on a faithful and wise servant who will be put in charge of all his master's possessions, and a warning that one who uses his master's absence to abuse his fellow servants will be punished (Mt 24:45 - SI; Lk 12:42 - 46).

An «indentured servant» or «volunteer» is bound to a term of service whereas a chattel slave became the owner's «possession... for ever.»

So Paul thinks of Jesus Christ as paying the purchase price, which brings a man into the possession of God, and from that time on a man is no longer the slave of sin but the servant of righteousness (Romans 6:14 - 23).

As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubilee: then shall he go out from thee, he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.»

Indeed, the prince of demons made his appearance next day with a host of his servants bewailing and bemoaning their inability to annihilate their great enemy Cosmas, who had held them in check for so long and gained possession, by his virtue, of the throne in Heaven that had once been Lucifer's.

The judge ordered that the civil servants must also show possession of a property within the FCT worth the same amount.