Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in 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;
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 King James verseion
But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delays His coming,
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, he will put him over all he has. 48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming; 49 And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:4
And after the Lord has sent them in flight from before you, say not in your heart, Because of my righteousness the Lord has given me this land; when it is because of their evil-doing that the Lord is driving these nations out before you.
Deuteronomy 15:9
And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.
2 Kings 5:26
And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants?
Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.
Isaiah 32:6
For the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is unclean, and talking falsely about the Lord, to keep food from him who is in need of it, and water from him whose soul is desiring it.
Ezekiel 12:22
Son of man, what is this saying which you have about the land of Israel, The time is long and every vision comes to nothing?
Ezekiel 12:27
Son of man, see, the children of Israel say, The vision which he sees is for the days which are a long way off, and his words are of times still far away.
Matthew 18:32
Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me:
Matthew 25:26
But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,
Mark 7:21
Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,
Luke 12:45
But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;
Luke 19:22
He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;
John 13:2
So while a meal was going on, the Evil One having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to be false to him,
Acts 5:3
But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Acts 8:22
Let your heart be changed, and make prayer to God that you may have forgiveness for your evil thoughts.
2 Peter 3:3-5
Having first of all the knowledge that in the last days there will be men who, ruled by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things,