Matthew 24:49

and should begin to beat his fellow servants, while he eats and drinks with drunkards;

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

In Context

48But if the man, being a bad servant, should say in his heart, `My master is a long time in coming,'

50the master of that servant will arrive on a day when he is not expecting him and at an hour of which he has not been informed;

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Cross References

Romans 16:18For men of that stamp are not bondservants of Christ our Lord, but are slaves to their own appetites; and by their plausible words and their flattery they utterly deceive the minds of the simple.

Philippians 3:19Their end is destruction, their bellies are their God, their glory is in their shame, and their minds are devoted to earthly things.

1 Peter 5:3not lording it over your Churches but proving yourselves patterns for the flock to imitate.

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 →

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