"But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;"
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Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.
His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming;
But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come,
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 delayeth his coming;
But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'
`And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come,