⁴⁸ But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’

⁵⁰ The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.

⁴ They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised?^(A) Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”^(B)

¹⁰ But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.^(A) The heavens will disappear with a roar;^(B) the elements will be destroyed by fire,^(C) and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.^[a](D)