Matthew 24:48
Good News Translation
But if he is a bad servant, he will tell himself that his master will not come back for a long time,

New Revised Standard Version
But if that wicked slave says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’

Contemporary English Version
But suppose one of the servants thinks the master won't return until late.

New American Bible
But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is long delayed,’

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord is long a coming:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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Matthew 18:32 Then his lord called him: and said to him: Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all the debt, because thou besoughtest me:

Matthew 25:26 And his lord answering, said to him: Wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sow not and gather where I have not strewed.

Luke 19:22 He saith to him: Out of thy own mouth I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down and reaping that which I did not sow.

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Deuteronomy 9:4 Say not in thy heart, when the Lord thy God shall have destroyed them in thy sight: For my justice hath the Lord brought me in to possess this land, whereas these nations are destroyed for their wickedness.

Deuteronomy 15:9 Beware lest perhaps a wicked thought steal in upon thee, and thou say in thy heart: The seventh year of remission draweth nigh; and thou turn away thy eyes from thy poor brother, denying to lend him that which he asketh: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it become a sin unto thee.

2 Kings 5:26 But he said: Was not my heart present, when the man turned back, from his chariot, to meet thee? So now thou hast received money, and received garments, to buy oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants.

Isaiah 32:6 For the fool will speak foolish things, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and speak to the Lord deceitfully, and to make empty the soul of the hungry, and take away drink from the thirsty.

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 shall say in his heart: My Lord is long a coming; and shall begin to strike the men-servants and maid-servants, and to eat and to drink and be drunk:

John 13:2 And when supper was done (the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him),

Acts 5:3 But Peter said: Ananias, why hath Satan tempted thy heart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Ghost and by fraud keep part of the price of the land?

Acts 8:22 Do penance therefore for this thy wickedness: and pray to God, that perhaps this thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee.

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Ecclesiastes 8:11 For because sentence is not speedily pronounced against the evil, the children of men commit evils without any fear.

Ezekiel 12:22,27 Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel? saying: The days shall be prolonged, and every vision shall fail. . . .

2 Peter 3:3-5 Knowing this first: That in the last days there shall come deceitful scoffers, walking after their own lusts, . . .

Context
Readiness at Any Hour
47Amen I say to you: he shall place him over all his goods. 48But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord is long a coming: 49And shall begin to strike his fellow servants and shall eat and drink with drunkards:…
Cross References
Matthew 24:47
Amen I say to you: he shall place him over all his goods.

Matthew 24:49
And shall begin to strike his fellow servants and shall eat and drink with drunkards:

Luke 12:45
But if that servant shall say in his heart: My Lord is long a coming; and shall begin to strike the men-servants and maid-servants, and to eat and to drink and be drunk:

2 Peter 3:4
Saying: Where is his promise or his coming? For since the time that the fathers slept, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

Matthew 24:47
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