The army officer saw what had happened, and he praised God, saying, "Certainly he was a good man!"

When the army officer and the soldiers with him who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and everything else that happened, they were terrified and said, "He really was the Son of God!"

There was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, who was a captain in the Roman army regiment called "The Italian Regiment."

When the officer heard this, he went to the commander and asked him, "What are you doing? That man is a Roman citizen!"

Then Paul called one of the officers and said to him, "Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him."

When it was decided that we should sail to Italy, they handed Paul and some other prisoners over to Julius, an officer in the Roman army regiment called "The Emperor's Regiment."

The next day we arrived at Sidon. Julius was kind to Paul and allowed him to go and see his friends, to be given what he needed.

But the army officer wanted to save Paul, so he stopped them from doing this. Instead, he ordered everyone who could swim to jump overboard first and swim ashore;

He said to his oldest servant, who was in charge of all that he had, "Place your hand between my thighs and make a vow.

You must go back to the country where I was born and get a wife for my son Isaac from among my relatives."

Abraham answered, "Make sure that you don't send my son back there!

If the young woman is not willing to come with you, you will be free from this promise. But you must not under any circumstances take my son back there."

The servant, who was in charge of Abraham's property, took ten of his master's camels and went to the city where Nahor had lived in northern Mesopotamia.

He prayed, " LORD, God of my master Abraham, give me success today and keep your promise to my master.

I will say to one of them, 'Please, lower your jar and let me have a drink.' If she says, 'Drink, and I will also bring water for your camels,' may she be the one that you have chosen for your servant Isaac. If this happens, I will know that you have kept your promise to my master."

"The LORD has greatly blessed my master and made him a rich man. He has given him flocks of sheep and goats, cattle, silver, gold, male and female slaves, camels, and donkeys.

My master made me promise with a vow to obey his command. He said, 'Do not choose a wife for my son from the young women in the land of Canaan.

And I asked my master, 'What if she will not come with me?'

There is only one way for you to be free from your vow: if you go to my relatives and they refuse you, then you will be free.'

Here I am at the well. When a young woman comes out to get water, I will ask her to give me a drink of water from her jar.

Before I had finished my silent prayer, Rebecca came with a water jar on her shoulder and went down to the well to get water. I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.'

I asked her, 'Who is your father?' And she answered, 'My father is Bethuel son of Nahor and Milcah.' Then I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms.

Now, if you intend to fulfill your responsibility toward my master and treat him fairly, please tell me; if not, say so, and I will decide what to do."

Rebecca's nurse Deborah died and was buried beneath the oak south of Bethel. So it was named "Oak of Weeping."

Potiphar was pleased with him and made him his personal servant; so he put him in charge of his house and everything he owned.

Potiphar turned over everything he had to the care of Joseph and did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Joseph was well-built and good-looking,

In one of their raids against Israel, the Syrians had carried off a little Israelite girl, who became a servant of Naaman's wife.

One day she said to her mistress, "I wish that my master could go to the prophet who lives in Samaria! He would cure him of his disease."

I swear I have never acted wickedly and never tried to deceive others.

If you give your servants everything they want from childhood on, some day they will take over everything you own.

Then the angel went away, and Cornelius called two of his house servants and a soldier, a religious man who was one of his personal attendants.

Slaves, obey your human masters in all things, not only when they are watching you because you want to gain their approval; but do it with a sincere heart because of your reverence for the Lord.

Remember that the Lord will give you as a reward what he has kept for his people. For Christ is the real Master you serve.

Masters, be fair and just in the way you treat your slaves. Remember that you too have a Master in heaven.

because his only daughter, who was twelve years old, was dying. As Jesus went along, the people were crowding him from every side.

Then Jesus went back to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. A government official was there whose son was sick in Capernaum.

When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to go to Capernaum and heal his son, who was about to die.

(This Mary was the one who poured the perfume on the Lord's feet and wiped them with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was sick.)

The sisters sent Jesus a message: "Lord, your dear friend is sick."