Matthew 24:48
But if that evil servant has said in his heart, ‘My lord has been delayed in returning,’
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
In Context
47Amen I say to you, he shall appoint him over all of his goods.
49and so, he begins to strike his fellow servants, and he eats and drinks with the inebriated:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:9Take care, lest perhaps an impious thought might creep within you, and you might say in your heart: ‘The seventh year of remission approaches.’ And so you might turn your eyes away from your poor brother, unwilling to lend to him what he has asked. If so, then he may cry out against you to the Lord, and it will be a sin for you.
Ecclesiastes 8:11For the sons of men perpetrate evils without any fear, because judgment is not pronounced quickly against the evil.
Ezekiel 12:22“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel? saying: ‘The days shall be extended in length, and every vision shall perish.’
Matthew 18:32Then his lord called him, and he said to him: ‘You wicked servant, I forgave you all your debt, because you pleaded with me.
Mark 7:21For from within, from the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Luke 19:22He said to him: ‘By your own mouth, do I judge you, O wicked servant. You knew that I am an austere 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 →