Matthew 24:48
'And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come,
Young's Literal Translation
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 to you, that over all his substance he will set him.
49and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:9'Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart — worthless, saying, Near [is] the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;
Ecclesiastes 8:11Because sentence hath not been done [on] an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.
Ezekiel 12:22'Son of man, what [is] this simile to you, concerning the land of Israel, saying, Prolonged are the days, and perished hath every vision?
Matthew 18:32then having called him, his lord saith to him, Evil servant! all that debt I did forgive thee, seeing thou didst call upon me,
Mark 7:21for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,
Luke 19:22'And he saith to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, evil servant: thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay 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 →