Matthew 24:49
47 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’
And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
50 The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.
51 Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Compare
- BSB
- And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
- KJV
- And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
- WEB
- and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,
- ASV
- and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;
- DARBY
- and begin to beat his fellow-bondmen, and eat and drink with the drunken;
- BLB
- and he should begin to beat his fellow servants, and he should eat and drink with those being drunk,
- ÅB
- og han begynner å slå medtjenerne sine, og spise og drikke med drankerne,
- OTB
- og han så begynner å slå sine medtjenere og spise og drikke med drukkenbolter,
- B1930
- og så gir sig til å slå sine medtjenere og eter og drikker med drankerne,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Micah 3:5
This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
Read in contextRevelation 17:6
I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.
Read in contextMatthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Read in contextTitus 1:11–12
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
Read in contextEzekiel 34:3
You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.
Read in context3 John 1:9–10
I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.
Read in contextRevelation 16:6
For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
Read in contextRevelation 13:7
Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.
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