A rich man named Procorus had hundreds of slaves, and Procoris's top slave was a slave named Paulus.

And Paulus was so trustworthy that Procores made him the head slave over all his household and was trusted.

But one day Procores took Paulus to the slave trade market because they

needed to get more slaves for his estate. And before the bargaining began, the two of them would go and

look at all the various slaves who was strong and healthy, who was weak and not going to be a good

slave. So they'd go through,

but among the slaves stood a weak, old little man, and Paulus urged his owner, Percoris,

to buy this little old man. And Procores said, ah, yeah, he's too old, he's good for nothing.

But Paulus said, please, you know, consider, you know, he's cheap and I promise

that if you purchase him, I'll make sure the household work gets done better than ever. So reluctantly,

Procores agreed and purchased the elderly slave and Paulus made good on his word and the work

did go better than ever around the house. And Paulus made good on his word and the work did go better than ever around the house and

Paulus made good on his promise and and and not only that but Procores observed that

Paulus now worked for two men the old slave did no work at all while Paulus tended to him

gave him the best food you know made, made him to rest. And eventually,

Procoris got very curious. So he confronted Paulus. He said, who is this old slave? You know I value,

you know I appreciate you, Paulus, but I don't mind you're protecting even this old man.

But tell me who he is. is is your father who's fallen into

slavery and paulus answered it's someone to whom i owe more than to my father your teacher then

prokara said no somebody whom i owe even more who then who then is he? He said, this is my enemy. Your enemy? Yes, he's the man

who killed my father and sold us the children as slaves. Percorus stood speechless. As for me,

said Paulus, I am a disciple of Christ who has taught us to love our enemies and to reward evil with good.

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