American Standard Version
"But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth; "
— Matthew 24:48, American Standard Version
“But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;”
“But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'”
“But if that evil slave should say to himself,‘My master is staying away a long time,’”
“But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord is long a coming:”
“But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming;”
“But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;”
Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath.
But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;
and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;
the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not,
and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.