The Great Discourse

Discourse Home Page


XV. Procrastination

Matthew 24:45 - Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?

Matthew 24:46 - Blessed is that servant, whom his lord shall find so doing when he comes.

Matthew 24:47 - Truly I say to you, That he shall put him in charge of all his goods.

Matthew 24:48 - But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming;

Matthew 24:49 - And shall begin to strike his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

Matthew 24:50 - The lord of that servant shall come on a day when he does not expect him, and at a hour that he is not aware of,

Matthew 24:51 - And shall cut him apart, and assign him a place with the hypocrites: where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Luke 12:42 - And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his servants, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?

Luke 12:43 - Blessed is that servant, whom his lord shall find so doing when he comes.

Luke 12:44 - Truly I say to you, that he will make him ruler over all that he has.

Luke 12:45 - But if that servant says in his heart, My lord delays his coming; and begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

Luke 12:46 - The lord of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him, and at a hour he is not aware of, and will cut him in pieces, and will assign him a place with the unbelievers.

Luke 12:47 - And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and did not prepare himself, and did not do his will, shall be beaten with many blows.

Luke 13:25 - When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open up to us; then he shall answer and say to you, I do not know where you are from:

Luke 13:26 - Then you shall begin to say, We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.

Luke 13:27 - But he shall say, I tell you, I do not know where you are from; depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.

Luke 13:28 - There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out.

Luke 14:16 - Then he said to him, A certain man made a great banquet, and invited many:

Luke 14:17 - And at the banquet time he sent his servant to say to those who were invited, Come; for everything is now ready.

Luke 14:18 - And they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of land, and I must go and see it: Please excuse me.

Luke 14:19 - And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out: Please excuse me.

Luke 14:20 - And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

Luke 6:37 - Do not judge, and you shall not be judged: do not condemn, and you shall not be condemned: forgive, and you shall be forgiven:

Matthew 7:1 - Judge not, that you may not be judged.

Matthew 7:2 - For in the manner you judge, you shall be judged: and with the measure you use, it shall be measured to you.

Mark 4:24 - And he said to them, Take heed what you hear: with the measure you use, it shall be measured to you: and more besides.

John 8:15 - You judge after the flesh; I judge no man.

Matthew 12:7 - But if you had known what this means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the guiltless.

Matthew 7:3 - And why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not consider the beam that is in your own eye?

Matthew 7:4 - Or how can you say to your brother, Let me pull the speck out of your eye; and, behold, a beam is in your own eye?

Matthew 7:5 - You hypocrite, first remove the beam from your own eye; and then you shall see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

Luke 6:41 - And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the beam that is in your own eye?

Luke 6:42 - Or how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me pull out the speck that is in your eye, when you do not even see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the beam out of your own eye, and then you shall see clearly to pull out the speck that is in your brother's eye.

John 8:7 - But when they continued asking him, he stood up, and said to them, He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to cast a stone at her.

John 8:10 - When Jesus stood up, and saw no one but the woman, he said to her, Woman, where are your accusers? has no man condemned you?

John 8:11 - She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn you: go, and sin no more.