Matthew 24:49 - Easy To Read Version

⁴⁹ Then that servant will begin to beat the other servants. That servant will eat the food and get drunk with other people like him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁹ And begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunken,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁹ and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;

Common English Bible

⁴⁹ And suppose they began to beat their fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunks?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁹ and so, he begins to strike his fellow servants, and he eats and drinks with the inebriated:

Matthew 24:49 Cross References

Proverbs 23:20

Don’t be friends with people who drink too much wine and eat too much food.

Isaiah 56:12

They come and say,\par “I will drink some wine.\par I will drink some beer.\par I will do the same thing tomorrow.\par Only, I will drink even more.”\par

Isaiah 66:5

You people that obey the Lord’s commands\par should listen to the things\par the Lord says,\par “Your brothers hated you.\par They turned against you\par because you followed me.\par Your brothers said,\par ‘We will come back to you\par when the Lord is honored.\par Then we will be happy with you.’\par Those bad people will be punished.\par

Ezekiel 34:3

You eat the fat sheep and use their wool to make clothes for yourselves. You kill the fat sheep, but you don’t feed the flock.

Micah 3:5

Some false prophets are telling lies to the Lord’s people. The Lord says this about those prophets:

Matthew 18:28

“Later, that same servant found another servant that owed him a few dollars’ worth of silver. The servant grabbed the other servant around the neck and said, ‘Pay me the money you owe me!’

Matthew 24:48

But what will happen if the servant is evil and thinks his master will not come back soon?

Matthew 24:50

Then the master of that servant will come when the servant is not ready. It will be a time when the servant is not expecting the master.

Matthew 7:15

“Be careful of false prophets. {\cf2\super [84]} They come to you and look \{gentle\} like sheep. But they are really dangerous \{like\} wolves.

John 2:10

He said to the bridegroom, “People always serve the best wine first. Later, after the guests have become drunk, people serve the cheaper wine. But you have saved the best wine until now.”

Romans 16:18

People like that are not serving our Lord Christ. They are only doing things to please themselves. They use fancy talk and say nice things to fool the people that don’t know about evil.

2 Corinthians 11:20

\{I know you will be patient,\} because you are even patient with a person who forces you to do things and uses you! You are patient with people that trick you, or think they are better than you, or hit you in the face!

Philippians 3:19

The way these people live is leading them to destruction. They don’t serve God. Those people live only to please themselves. They do shameful things, and they are proud of those things. They think only about earthly things.

1 Peter 5:3

Don’t be like a ruler over those people you are responsible for. But be good examples to those people.

Revelation 13:7

The animal was given power to make war against God’s holy people {\cf2\super [93]} and to defeat them. The animal was given power over every tribe, race of people, language, and nation.

Revelation 16:6

The people have spilled the blood\par of your holy people {\cf2\super [118]} \par and your prophets. {\cf2\super [119]} \par Now you have given those people\par blood to drink.\par This is what they deserve.”\par

Revelation 17:6

I saw that the woman was drunk. She was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people. {\cf2\super [127]} She was drunk with the blood of those people who told about \{their faith in\} Jesus.

1 Samuel 2:29

So why don’t you respect those sacrifices and gifts? You honor your sons more than me. You become fat on the best parts of the meat—and the people of Israel bring that meat to me.’