Matthew 24:48
But if that wicked servant say in his heart, My master will be a long while ere he comes;
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
In Context
47Verily I say unto you, that he will place him over all his substance.
49and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
Cross References
Matthew 18:32Then his lord, calling him before him, said to him, Thou vile slave! all that debt I forgave thee, because thou besoughtest me:
Mark 7:21For from within out of the heart of men proceed wicked reasonings, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,
Luke 19:22And he said to him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I laid not 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 →