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Matthew 24:48

SinThe return of Christ

46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

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

49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

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BSB
But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’
KJV
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
WEB
But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’
ASV
But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;
DARBY
But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come,
BLB
But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My master delays,’
ÅB
«Men dersom den onde tjeneren sier i sitt hjerte: ‘Herren min gir seg tid’,
OTB
Men hvis den onde tjeneren sier i sitt hjerte: 'Min herre drøyer,'
B1930
Men dersom den onde tjener sier i sitt hjerte: Min herre gir sig tid,

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  • 2 Peter 3:3–5

    Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

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  • Matthew 18:32

    Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

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  • Luke 12:45

    But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

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  • Isaiah 32:6

    For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

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  • Mark 7:21

    For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

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  • John 13:2

    And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;

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  • Acts 5:3

    But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

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  • Deuteronomy 9:4

    Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.

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