Matthew 24:49
and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall be eating and drinking with drunkards;
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
In Context
48But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord withholdeth to come;
Cross References
Romans 16:18For they who are thus serve not our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, but their bellies; and with sweet words and benedictions seduce the hearts of the simple.
Philippians 3:19they, whose end is perdition, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is their shame; they, whose mind is in the earth.
1 Peter 5:3not as lords of the flock, but that you may be to them a goodly example;
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 →