Matthew 24:48
But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord delays his coming;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 set him over all his goods.
49and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;
Cross References
Matthew 18:32Then having called him, his lord says to him: Thou wicked servant; I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me.
Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Luke 19:22And he says to him: Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not 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 →