Given by: Jesus ben Sira (the sage), teaching on the just and humane treatment of servants. Given to: 'my son' — the reader.

In an ancient world where servants were often treated as property, Ben Sira's counsel is notably humane, raising the faithful servant to the standing of a brother held as dear as one's own soul.

If thou have a faithful servant, let him be to thee as thy own soul: treat him as a brother: because in the blood of thy soul thou hast gotten him.

Hold a faithful servant as dear as your own soul, and treat him as a brother.

Sirach 33:31

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