Matthew 24:48
"But if, because he is a bad slave, he should say to himself, ‘My Master is a long time in coming,’
Montgomery 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
47"In solemn truth I tell you that he will set him over all his property.
49"and if he begins to beat his fellow slaves, and to eat or drink with the drunkards,
Cross References
Matthew 18:32"Immediately his master summoned him and said. "‘You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you implored me.
Mark 7:21From within, from the heart of man, proceed evil purposes -
Luke 19:22"He said to him, "‘By your own words I will Judge you, you wicked slave. You knew, did you, that I was a hard man taking up what I did not lay down, 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 →