TSK · Colossians 4:1

“‘If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service.

If you set them free, you must not send them away empty-handed.

And now, though we share the same flesh and blood as our fellow countrymen, and our children are just like their children, still we have found it necessary to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters have been subjected to slavery, while we are powerless to help, since our fields and vineyards now belong to other people.”

“If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me,

They lament,‘Why don’t you notice when we fast? Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’ Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, you oppress your workers.

Everyone was supposed to free their male and female Hebrew slaves. No one was supposed to keep a fellow Judean enslaved.

He said to them,‘You go into the vineyard too, and I will give you whatever is right.’

But if that evil slave should say to himself,‘My master is staying away a long time,’

When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned these slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted to know how much they had earned by trading.

For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.

They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those accompanying the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful.”