Then his lord calling him, said to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou intreatedst me.
Matthew 24:48 - Wesley's New Testament 1755 But if that evil servant say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his coming: 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: |
Then his lord calling him, said to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou intreatedst me.
And shall begin to smite his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken:
His lord answering said to him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather whence I had not scattered?
For from within, out of the heart of man proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
But if that servant say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his coming, and shall begin to beat the men servants and maidens, and to eat, and drink, and be drunken:
And he saith to him, Out of thy own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow.
And while they were at supper (the devil having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon,
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy heart, to lie to the Holy Ghost?
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee.