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Readiness at Any Hour

Matthew 24:49

In 9 translations

BSB
And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
KJV
And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
WEB
and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,
ASV
and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;
LSV
and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,
YLT
and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,
DBY
and begin to beat his fellow-bondmen, and eat and drink with the drunken;
DRC
And shall begin to strike his fellow servants, and shall eat and drink with drunkards:
GNV
And begin to smite his fellowes, and to eate, and to drinke with the drunken,

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Where the editions differ

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Greek reading followed by the King James Version include αὐτοῦ (“of him”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐσθίῃ (“he may eat”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐσθίειν (“to eat”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read πίνῃ (“he may drink”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read πίνειν (“to drink”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: αὐτοῦ ἐσθίῃ δὲ καὶ πίνῃ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτοῦ ἐσθίῃ δὲ καὶ πίνῃ; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐσθίειν δὲ καὶ πίνειν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ἄρξηται τύπτειν τοὺς συνδούλους αὐτοῦ, ἐσθίῃ δὲ καὶ πίνῃ μετὰ τῶν μεθυόντων,
RP2018
καὶ ἄρξηται τύπτειν τοὺς συνδούλους, ἐσθίειν δὲ καὶ πίνειν μετὰ τῶν μεθυόντων,
TR-Boyd
καὶ ἄρξηται τύπτειν τοὺς συνδούλους, ἐσθίειν δὲ καὶ πίνειν μετὰ τῶν μεθυόντων,
SCR1894
και αρξηται τυπτειν τους συνδουλους εσθιειν δε και πινειν μετα των μεθυοντων

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.
  • Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
  • 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:
  • 1 Peter 5:3not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Titus 1:11–12who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not. As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
  • 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…
  • 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.”
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 John 1:9–10I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction. So if I come, I will call attention to his malicious slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he…
  • 2 Peter 2:13–14The 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. Their eyes are…
  • 1 Samuel 2:13–16or 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 and plunge it into the pan or kettle or…
  • Isaiah 56:12“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”

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