Matthew 24:48
But if he was evil, the servant would say to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time,’
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
In Context
47I tell you the truth: the master will put that servant in charge over everything he has.
49and would start beating the other servants, feasting and drinking with the drunks.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:9Make sure you don't think evil thoughts like, “The seventh year is coming up when debts will be canceled,” so that you look down on the poor with a sneer and refuse to give them anything. They will complain to the Lord about you, and you will be found guilty of sin.
Ecclesiastes 8:11When people are not punished quickly for their crimes they are even more determined to do wrong.
Ezekiel 12:22“Son of man, what's this proverb you people have in the land of Israel: ‘Time goes by, and no vision comes true’?
Matthew 18:32Then the master called the man back in and told him, ‘You evil servant! I forgave you all your debt because you begged me to.
Mark 7:21It's from the inside, from people's minds, that evil thoughts come: sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
Luke 19:22‘I'll judge you by your own words,’ the king replied. ‘You know I'm a hard man, who as you say, takes what doesn't belong to me, and I harvest what I didn't plant.
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 →