Matthew 24:48
But if that wicked servant shall say in his heart, My master delays his coming;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
In Context
47Verily I say to you, That he will make him ruler over all his goods.
49and shall begin to strike his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;
Cross References
Matthew 18:32Then his lord called him and said to him: Wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you besought me.
Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the purposes which are evil: adulteries, lewd actions, murders,
Luke 19:22Then he said to him: Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a hard man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow.
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 →