Matthew 24:48
But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come,
Darby Translation
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 unto you, that he will set him over all his substance.
49and begin to beat his fellow-bondmen, and eat and drink with the drunken;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:9Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin in thee.
Ecclesiastes 8:11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Ezekiel 12:22Son of man, what is that proverb which ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days shall be prolonged, and every vision faileth?
Matthew 18:32Then his lord, having called him to [him], says to him, Wicked bondman! I forgave thee all that debt because thou besoughtest me;
Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Luke 19:22He says to him, Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked bondman: thou knewest that *I* am a harsh man, taking up what I have not laid down and reaping what I have not sowed.
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 →