Matthew 25:26

His lord answered, Thou evil and slothful servant, thou didst know me that I reap where I have not sowed, and collect from whence I have not dispersed.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 feared, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: behold, thou hast thine own.

27Did it not behove thee to cast my money upon the table, that when I came I might require mine own with its increase?

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Cross References

Matthew 18:32Then his lord summoned him and said to him, Evil servant! all that debt did I forgive thee, because thou didst entreat 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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