All I did was post the entire section so the context remained. Slavery happened and it was used. You did post a section of the sermon on the mount. Where Jesus proclaims he is there to fulfill the law. Meaning Jesus is taking the place of the lamb. When you sin, jesus is the sacrifice instead of a lamb or goat or cow. Jesus then instructs in Matthew 23 when the adulterous is brought forward that if you are going to fallow the entire law, follow the law to the T or not at all. "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel! "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean. "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. Matthew 23:23-28 I'm done with this anyway. This is why I stopped talking about religious matters. Some one is always ready to run in and yell context, even when the context is given. I'm sorry, but there is no context to enslave people permanently, treating them as property and killing entire villages women, children, elderly, and livestock. I'm done with this.