Matthew 25:24
And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work:
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25And I was in fear, and went away, and put your talent in the earth: here is what is yours.
Cross References
Isaiah 58:3They say, Why have we kept ourselves from food, and you do not see it? why have we kept ourselves from pleasure, and you take no note of it? If, in the days when you keep from food, you take the chance to do your business, and get in your debts;
Jeremiah 44:16As for the word which you have said to us in the name of the Lord, we will not give ear to you.
Malachi 1:12But you make it unholy by saying, The Lord's table has become unclean, and his food is of no value.
Matthew 7:21Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.
Luke 6:46Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Luke 19:20And another came, saying, Lord, here is your pound, which I put away in a cloth;
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 →