Matthew 24:48
But if that bad servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his return,’
Family 35 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
47Assuredly I say to you that he will place him over all his possessions.
49and should begin to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards,
Cross References
Matthew 18:32Then summoning him the lord says to him: ‘Malignant servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.
Mark 7:21Because from within, out of men's hearts, the evil designs proceed—adulteries, fornications, murders,
Luke 19:22So he said to him: ‘I will judge you out of your own mouth, you wicked slave! You knew that I am a hard man, removing what I did not place, 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 →