Matthew 24:49

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“And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.”

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BSBPD

“And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 24:49 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 2:13or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling
  2. 1 Samuel 2:29Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
  3. Isaiah 56:12“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
  4. Isaiah 66:5You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”
  5. Ezekiel 34:3You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.
  6. Micah 3:5This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
  7. Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
  8. Romans 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
  9. 2 Corinthians 11:20In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.
  10. Philippians 3:19Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
  11. Titus 1:11who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
  12. 1 Peter 5:3not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
  13. 2 Peter 2:13The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.
  14. 3 John 1:9I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.
  15. Jude 1:12These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
  16. Revelation 13:7Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.
  17. Revelation 16:6For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
  18. Revelation 17:6I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.

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