Luke 12:45
But if that seruant say in his heart, My master doeth deferre his comming, and ginne to smite the seruants, and maydens, and to eate, and drinke, and to be drunken,
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In The King James Version
In Context
44Of a trueth I say vnto you, that he wil make him ruler ouer all that he hath.
Cross References
Job 24:23Though men giue him assurance to be in safetie, yet his eyes are vpon their wayes.
Isaiah 65:6Beholde, it is written before me: I wil not keepe silence, but will render it and recompense it into their bosome.
Ezekiel 12:22Sonne of man, what is that prouerbe that you haue in the land of Israel, saying, The dayes are prolonged and all visions faile?
Ezekiel 34:3Yee eate the fat, and yee clothe you with the wooll: yee kill them that are fed, but ye feede not the sheepe.
Matthew 22:6And the remnant tooke his seruants, and intreated them sharpely, and slewe them.
Romans 16:18For they that are such, serue not the Lord Iesus Christ, but their owne bellies, and with faire speach and flattering deceiue the heartes of the simple.
Matthew Henry on Luke 12:42-54
Vigilance and Exertion Inculcated. 41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? 42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. 45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his… Read the whole commentary →