Matthew 25:24

Then the servant who had received one talent came and said, 'Master, I know that you are a strict man. You reap where you did not sow, and you harvest where you did not scatter.

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Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

In Context

23His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful over a few things. I will put you in charge over many things. Enter into the joy of your master.'

25I was afraid, so I went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have here what belongs to you.'

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Cross References

Isaiah 58:3'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'but you do not see it? Why have we humbled ourselves, but you do not notice?' 1 Look, on the day of your fast you find your own pleasure and oppress all your laborers. 1

Jeremiah 44:16They said, “About the word that you have told us in Yahweh's name—we will not listen to you.

Malachi 1:12“But you are profaning it when you say the Lord's table is polluted, and that its fruit, its food, is to be despised.

Matthew 7:21Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Luke 6:46Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and yet you do not obey the things that I say?

Luke 19:20Another came, saying, 'Lord, here is your mina, which I kept safely 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 →

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