Matthew 24:48
But if an evil servant says in his heart, 'My master has been delayed,'
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 the master will set him over everything that he owns.
49and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eats and drinks with drunkards,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:9Be careful not to have a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is near,' so that you will not be stingy in regard to your poor brother and give him nothing; he might cry out to Yahweh about you, and it would be sin for you.
Ecclesiastes 8:11When a sentence against an evil crime is not executed quickly, it entices the hearts of human beings to do evil.
Ezekiel 12:22“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel that says, 'The days are prolonged, and every vision fails'?
Matthew 18:32Then that servant's master called him, and said to him, 'You wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt because you implored me.
Mark 7:21For from within a person, out of the heart, proceed evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
Luke 19:22The nobleman said to him, 'By your own words I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I am a demanding person, that I take up what I did not put in, and that I reaped 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 →