World English Bible
"But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'"
— Matthew 24:48, World English Bible
“But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;”
“But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth; ”
“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 has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.
Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'
and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,
the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn't expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it,
and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.