Then the Lord called him, and said unto him. O evil servant, I forgave thee all that debt, be cause thou praydest me:
Matthew 24:48 - William Tyndale New Testament But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, my master will defer 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 the Lord called him, and said unto him. O evil servant, I forgave thee all that debt, be cause thou praydest me:
and begin to smite his fellows: ye and to eat and to drink with the drunken:
His master answered, and said unto him: evil servant and slothful, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not:
For from within even out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts: advoutry, fornication, murder,
But and if the evil servant shall say in his heart: My master will defer his coming, and shall begin to smite the servants, and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken:
And he said unto him: Of thine own mouth judge I thee thou evil servant. Knewest thou that I am a strait man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow?
And when supper was ended, after that the devil had put in the heart of Iudas Iscariot Simon's son, to betray him.
Then said Peter: Ananias how is it that Satan hath filled thine heart, that thou shouldest lie unto the holy ghost, and keep away part of the price of thy livelihood:
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God that the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.