And he will say to him, Went not my heart when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to take silver, and to take garments, and olive trees, and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and servants and maids?
Matthew 24:48 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 But if that servant say in his heart, My lord delays to come; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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: |
And he will say to him, Went not my heart when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to take silver, and to take garments, and olive trees, and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and servants and maids?
Because a decree was not done quickly upon an evil work, for this the heart of the sons of man was filled in them to do evil.
For the foolish will speak folly, and his heart will do vanity to do profaneness and to speak error to Jehovah, to empty the soul of the hungry; and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Son of man, what this parable to you upon the land of Israel, saying, The days will be prolonged and every vision perished?
Son of man, behold the house of Israel saying, The vision which he saw is for many days, and for the times afar off he prophesied.
Then his lord, having called him, said unto him, O thou evil servant, I let go to you all that debt since thou besoughtest me:
And he should begin to strike the fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with those intoxicated;
And his lord having answered, said to him, O evil and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I scattered not:
For within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil reflections, adulteries, fornications, murders,
And if that servant should say in his heart, My Lord delays to come; and should begin to strike the servants and maids, also to eat and drink, and to be intoxicated;
And he said to him, Out of thy month will I judge thee, O evil servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I sowed not:
And supper having been, the devil having already cast into the heart of Judas Iscariot, of Simon, that he should deliver him up;
And Peter said, Ananias, wherefore filled Satan thy heart, for thee to belie the Holy Spirit, and separate from the price of the farm
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray to God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart be remitted to thee.
Watch to thyself lest a word shall be with thy heart, of Belial, saying. The seventh year, the year of remission is drawing near; and thine eye be evil against thy needy brother and thou wilt not give to him; and he call against thee to Jehovah, and it was sin in thee.
Thou shalt not say in thy heart in Jehovah thy God's thrusting them out from before thee, saying, For my justice Jehovah brought me forth to possess this land; and for the injustice of these nations Jehovah dispossessed them from before thee.