Matthew 25:24
Then the man with one talent came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I know that you're a hard man. You reap where you didn't sow, and you harvest crops that you didn't plant.
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Isaiah 58:3“Didn't you see that we fasted?” they ask. “Didn't you notice how we denied ourselves?” That's because whenever you fast you still do whatever you want, and you treat your workers badly.
Jeremiah 44:16“Even though you say this message is from the Lord, we're not going to listen to you.
Malachi 1:12But you dishonor me when you say the Lord's table doesn't deserve respect, and that its food can be treated with contempt.
Matthew 7:21Not everyone who calls me ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the kingdom of heaven—only those who do the will of my Father in heaven.
Luke 6:46So why do you bother to call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ when you don't do what I say?
Luke 19:20Another servant came in and said, ‘Lord, look, here's your money back. I kept it safe, wrapped up 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 →