48'And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come,


In Context

45 'Who, then, is the servant, faithful and wise, whom his lord did set over his household, to give them the nourishment in season?

46 Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;

47 verily I say to you, that over all his substance he will set him.

48 'And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come,

49 and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,

50 the lord of that servant will arrive in a day when he doth not expect, and in an hour of which he doth not know,

Matthew 24:48 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:48But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:48But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:48But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord is long a coming:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:48But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:48But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:48But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:48But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his coming;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:48But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:48But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming;