Matthew 25:26

His lord answered and said to him: Wicked and slothful servant; did you know that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter?

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

25And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the earth; see, you have yours.

27Therefore, you ought to have put my money with the bankers; and, when I came, I could have received my own with interest.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:32Then his lord called him and said to him: Wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you besought me.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 25:15-31

The Parable of the Talents. 14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that had… Read the whole commentary →

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