But he said to him, “Did I not go with you in spirit when someone left his chariot to meet you? Is this a time to accept silver and to accept clothing, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves?
Matthew 24:48 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But if that wicked slave says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’ Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if that servant is wicked and says to himself, My master is delayed and is going to be gone a long time, American Standard Version (1901) But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth; Common English Bible But suppose those bad servants should say to themselves, My master won’t come until later. Catholic Public Domain Version But if that evil servant has said in his heart, 'My lord has been delayed in returning,' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord is long a coming: |
But he said to him, “Did I not go with you in spirit when someone left his chariot to meet you? Is this a time to accept silver and to accept clothing, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves?
Because sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the human heart is fully set to do evil.
For fools speak folly, and their minds plot iniquity: to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the Lord, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
Mortal, what is this proverb of yours about the land of Israel that says, “The days are prolonged, and every vision comes to nothing”?
Mortal, the house of Israel is saying, “The vision that he sees is for many years ahead; he prophesies for distant times.”
Then his lord summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.
Truly I tell you, he will put that one in charge of all his possessions.
and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eats and drinks with drunkards,
But his master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter?
For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: sexual immorality, theft, murder,
But if that slave says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the other slaves, men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
He said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! You knew, did you, that I was a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
The devil had already decided that Judas son of Simon Iscariot would betray Jesus. And during supper
“Ananias,” Peter asked, “why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the proceeds of the land?
Repent therefore of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.
Be careful that you do not entertain a mean thought, thinking, ‘The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,’ and therefore view your needy neighbor with hostility and give nothing; your neighbor might cry to the Lord against you, and you would incur guilt.
“When the Lord your God thrusts them out before you, do not say to yourself, ‘It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to occupy this land’; it is rather because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is dispossessing them before you.