Matthew 24:49
and should begin to beat the fellow bondmen, and to eat and drink with the drunken,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
In Context
48But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord is late coming,
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:29Why do ye kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in [my] habitation, and honor thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chief of all the offerings of Israel my people?
Isaiah 66:5Hear the word of LORD, ye who tremble at his word: Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name's sake, have said, Let LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy. But it is those who shall be put to shame.
Micah 3:5Thus says LORD concerning the prophets who make my people to err, who bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace. And he who does not put into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
Romans 16:18For such kind serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly. And by their smooth words and elegant speech they deceive the hearts of the naive.
Philippians 3:19whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and the glory in their shame, who mind earthly things.
1 Peter 5:3nor as domineering over the lots, but becoming examples of the flock.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 24:33-51
Parable of the Fig-Tree; Awful Predictions; The Duty of Watchfulness; The Good and Evil Steward. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 36 But of that day and hour knoweth… Read the whole commentary →