Matthew 25:24
Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew you that you are an hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered:
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25And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the earth: lo, there you have that is yours.
Cross References
Isaiah 58:3Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and you see not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast all of you find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Jeremiah 44:16As for the word that you have spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto you.
Malachi 1:12But all of you have profaned it, in that all of you say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his food, is contemptible.
Matthew 7:21Not every one that says unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Luke 6:46And why call all of you me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Luke 19:20And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is your pound, which I have kept laid 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 →