Matthew 24:49 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eats and drinks with the drunken, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunken, American Standard Version (1901) and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken; Common English Bible And suppose they began to beat their fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunks? Catholic Public Domain Version and so, he begins to strike his fellow servants, and he eats and drinks with the inebriated: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And shall begin to strike his fellow servants, and shall eat and drink with drunkards: |
“Come,” they say, “let us get wine, let us fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be like this day, great beyond measure.”
Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word: “Your brethren who hate you and cast you out for my name's sake have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy’; but it is they who shall be put to shame.
You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fatlings; but you do not feed the sheep.
Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who cry “Peace” when they have something to eat, but declare war against him who puts nothing into their mouths.
But that same servant, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat he said, ‘Pay what you owe.’
the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know,
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
and said to him, “Every man serves the good wine first; and when men have drunk freely, then the poor wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.”
For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by fair and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded.
For you bear it if a man makes slaves of you, or preys upon you, or takes advantage of you, or puts on airs, or strikes you in the face.
Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.
not as domineering over those in your charge but being examples to the flock.
These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and tongue and nation,
For men have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink. It is their due!”
And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her I marveled greatly.
Why then look with greedy eye at my sacrifices and my offerings which I commanded, and honor your sons above me by fattening yourselves upon the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?’