Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delays His coming,
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
"But if that wicked servant says to himself, "My master has been delayed,'
A Conservative Version
But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord is late coming,
American Standard Version
But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;
Amplified
An Understandable Version
But if that slave, with evil intent, should think to himself, 'My master will not be back very soon,'
Anderson New Testament
But if that wicked servant shall say in his heart, My master delays his coming;
Bible in Basic English
But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming;
Common New Testament
But if that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'
Daniel Mace New Testament
but if he be dishonest, and says to himself, my Lord delays coming,
Darby Translation
But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come,
Godbey New Testament
But if the wicked servant may say in his heart,
Goodspeed New Testament
But if he is a bad slave and says to himself, 'My master is going to stay a long time,'
John Wesley New Testament
But if that evil servant say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his coming:
Julia Smith Translation
But if that servant say in his heart, My lord delays to come;
King James 2000
But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming;
Lexham Expanded Bible
But if that evil slave should say {to himself}, 'My master is staying away for a long time,'
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, my master will defer his coming,
Moffatt New Testament
But if the bad servant says to himself, 'My lord and master is long of coming,'
Montgomery New Testament
But if, because he is a bad slave, he should say to himself, 'My Master is a long time in coming,'
NET Bible
But if that evil slave should say to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'
New Heart English Bible
But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delayed,'
Noyes New Testament
But if the bad servant say in his heart, My lord is tarrying long;
Sawyer New Testament
But if that evil servant says in his heart, My Lord delays his coming,
The Emphasized Bible
But, if that wicked servant should say in his heart - My master, delayeth,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But if that wicked servant say in his heart, My master will be a long while ere he comes;
Twentieth Century New Testament
But, should he be a bad servant, and say to himself 'My master is a long time in coming,'
Webster
But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his coming;
Weymouth New Testament
But if the man, being a bad servant, should say in his heart, 'My master is a long time in coming,'
Williams New Testament
But if the slave is bad and says to himself, 'My master is going to be gone a long time,'
World English Bible
But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'
Worrell New Testament
But, if that evil servant shall say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying,'
Worsley New Testament
But if that servant be wicked and say in his heart, my master delayeth his coming,
Youngs Literal Translation
'And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come,
Themes
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » When the lord will come
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » What the days will be like when the lord comes
Longsuffering Of God » The wicked » Punished for despising
Longsuffering Of God » The wicked » Abuse
Ministers » When unfaithful » Shall be punished
Parables » Parables of Christ » Faithful, and evil servants
The second coming of Christ » Signs preceding
The second coming of Christ » The wicked » Presume upon the delay of
Self-delusion » Fatal consequences of
Self-delusion » Fatal » consequences of
Servants » Unfaithful servants
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 24:48
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Faithful Slave And An Unfaithful Slave
47 Truly I say to you that He shall make him ruler over all His goods. 48 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delays His coming, 49 and shall begin to strike his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:4
Do not speak in your heart, after Jehovah your God has cast them out from before you, saying: For my righteousness, Jehovah has brought me in to possess this land. But for the wickedness of these nations, Jehovah your God drives them out from before you.
Deuteronomy 15:9
Beware that there is not a thought in your wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand, and your eye may be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing. And he may cry to Jehovah against you, and it is sin to you.
2 Kings 5:26
And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you when the man turned again from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive silver and to receive clothing and olive-yards and vineyards and sheep and oxen and menservants and maidservants?
Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Isaiah 32:6
For the fool will speak folly, and his heart work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy and to speak error against Jehovah, to make the soul of the hungry empty, and he will take away the drink of the thirsty.
Ezekiel 12:22
Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days will go on and every vision shall fail?
Ezekiel 12:27
Son of man, behold, the house of Israel says, The vision that he sees is for many days to come, and he prophesies of the times that are far off.
Matthew 18:32
Then his lord, after he had called him, said to him, O wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.
Matthew 25:26
His lord answered and said to him, Evil and slothful servant! You knew that I reaped where I did not sow, and gathered where I did not scatter,
Mark 7:21
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Luke 12:45
But if that servant says in his heart, My lord delays his coming, and shall begin to beat the male servants and women servants, and to eat and drink and to be drunk,
Luke 19:22
And he said to him, I will judge you out of your own mouth, wicked servant! You knew that I was a harsh man, taking up what I had not laid down and reaping what I did not sow.
John 13:2
And when supper had ended, the Devil now having put into the heart of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon to betray Him,
Acts 5:3
But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart for you to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Acts 8:22
Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
2 Peter 3:3-5
First, knowing this, that there will come in the last days scoffers walking according to their own lusts