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But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beati the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

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Matt. 22:6• ⁶And the rest, laying hold of his bondmen, ill-treated and slew them. (Matt. 22:6)

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Ezek. 12:22,27‑28• ²²Son of man, what is that proverb which ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days shall be prolonged, and every vision faileth?
²⁷Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days, and he prophesieth of times that are far off.
²⁸Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: There shall none of my words be deferred any more, but the word that I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 12:22,27‑28)

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Matt. 24:48‑50• ⁴⁸But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come,
⁴⁹and begin to beat his fellow-bondmen, and eat and drink with the drunken;
⁵⁰the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of, (Matt. 24:48‑50)

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2 Peter 2:3‑4• ³And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.
⁴For if God spared not the angels who had sinned, but having cast them down to the deepest pit of gloom has delivered them to chains of darkness to be kept for judgment; (2 Peter 2:3‑4)

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Isa. 65:6• ⁶Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, (Isa. 65:6)

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Jer. 20:2• ²And Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah. (Jer. 20:2)

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Ezek. 34:3‑4• ³Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool; ye kill them that are fattened: but ye feed not the flock.
⁴The weak have ye not strengthened, nor have ye healed the sick, and ye have not bound up what was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought for that which was lost; but with harshness and with rigour have ye ruled over them. (Ezek. 34:3‑4)

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Matt. 22:6• ⁶And the rest, laying hold of his bondmen, ill-treated and slew them. (Matt. 22:6)

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2 Cor. 11:20• ²⁰For ye bear if any one bring you into bondage, if any one devour you, if any one get your money, if any one exalt himself, if any one beat you on the face. (2 Cor. 11:20)

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3 John 9‑10• ⁹I wrote something to the assembly; but Diotrephes, who loves to have the first place among them, receives us not.
¹⁰For this reason, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he does, babbling against us with wicked words; and not content with these, neither does he himself receive the brethren; and those who would he prevents, and casts them out of the assembly. (3 John 9‑10)

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Rev. 13:7‑10,15‑17• ⁷And there was given to it to make war with the saints, and to overcome them; and there was given to it authority over every tribe, and people, and tongue, and nation;
⁸and all that dwell on the earth shall do it homage, every one whose name had not been written from the founding of the world in the book of life of the slain Lamb.
⁹If any one has an ear, let him hear.
¹⁰If any one leads into captivity, he goes into captivity. If any one shall kill with the sword, he must with the sword be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
¹⁵And it was given to it to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should also speak, and should cause that as many as should not do homage to the image of the beast should be killed.
¹⁶And it causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bondmen, that they should give them a mark upon their right hand or upon their forehead;
¹⁷and that no one should be able to buy or sell save he that had the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of its name. (Rev. 13:7‑10,15‑17)

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Rev. 16:6• ⁶for they have poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; they are worthy. (Rev. 16:6)

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Rev. 17:5‑6• ⁵and upon her forehead a name written, Mystery, great Babylon, the mother of the harlots, and of the abominations of the earth.
⁶And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And I wondered, seeing her, with great wonder. (Rev. 17:5‑6)

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Rev. 18:24• ²⁴And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all the slain upon the earth. (Rev. 18:24)

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Isa. 56:10‑12• ¹⁰His watchmen are all of them blind, they are without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber:
¹¹and the dogs are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, and these are shepherds that know not how to discern: they all turn to their own way, every one for his gain, even to the last of them:
¹²Come, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant. (Isa. 56:10‑12)

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Ezek. 34:8• ⁸As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, verily because my sheep have been a prey, and my sheep have been meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, and my shepherds searched not for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock, (Ezek. 34:8)

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Rom. 16:18• ¹⁸For such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly, and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting. (Rom. 16:18)

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Phil. 3:18‑19• ¹⁸(for many walk of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
¹⁹whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and their glory in their shame, who mind earthly things:) (Phil. 3:18‑19)

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2 Peter 2:13,19• ¹³receiving the reward of unrighteousness; accounting ephemeral indulgence pleasure; spots and blemishes, rioting in their own deceits, feasting with you;
¹⁹promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is subdued, by him is he also brought into slavery. (2 Peter 2:13,19)

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Jude 12‑13• ¹²These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together with you without fear, pasturing themselves; clouds without water, carried along by the winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;
¹³raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom has been reserved the gloom of darkness for eternity. (Jude 12‑13)

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Rev. 18:7‑8• ⁷So much as she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and grief give to her. Because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and I am not a widow; and I shall in no wise see grief:
⁸for this reason in one day shall her plagues come, death and grief and famine, and she shall be burnt with fire; for strong is the Lord God who has judged her. (Rev. 18:7‑8)

• The secret of the evil that characterizes their unbelief would be found in this, that their hearts would put off the return of Jesus, instead of desiring it and hastening it by their aspirations, and serving with humility in the desire of being found faithful. They will say, He is not coming immediately; and, in consequence, they will do their own will, accommodate themselves to the spirit of the world, and assume authority over their fellow-servants. (“Luke 12” by J.N. Darby)

• The evil servant does not desire the presence of the Lord, and consequently in his mind he defers His coming. (“Luke 12” by F.B. Hole)

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But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,

W. Kelly Translation

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But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,