Matthew 24:49
and shall begin to strike his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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 wicked servant shall say in his heart, My master delays his coming;
Cross References
Romans 16:18For such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own appetites; and, by good words and fair speeches, they deceive the hearts of the simple.
Philippians 3:19whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
1 Peter 5:3neither as being lords over God’s possessions, but being examples to 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 →