Matthew 25:24
Then he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee to be a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter seed;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
25and I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth. See! thou hast thine own.
Cross References
Isaiah 58:3“Wherefore do we fast, and thou seest not? Wherefore do we afflict our souls, and thou dost not regard it?” Behold, in the day of your fasts ye pursue your pleasure, And exact all your labors.
Jeremiah 44:16“As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken to thee,
Malachi 1:12But ye profane it, In that ye say, “The table of Jehovah is polluted, And what is offered thereon, even its food, is contemptible.”
Matthew 7:21Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Luke 6:46But why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Luke 19:20And another came, saying, Lord, behold thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin.
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 →