Matthew 24:48
And if that evil servant may say in his heart, My lord delays to come,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
In Context
47truly I say to you that he will set him over all his substance.
49and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:9Take heed to yourself lest there be a worthless word in your heart, saying, The seventh year [is] near, the year of release; and your eye is evil against your needy brother, and you do not give to him, and he has called to YHWH concerning you, and it has been sin in you;
Ecclesiastes 8:11Because sentence has not been done [on] an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.
Ezekiel 12:22“Son of man, what [is] this allegory to you, concerning the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision has perished?
Matthew 18:32then having called him, his lord says to him, Evil servant! All that debt I forgave you, seeing you called on me;
Mark 7:21for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,
Luke 19:22And he says to him, Out of your mouth I will judge you, evil 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 →