Matthew 25:24
Then he who had received the one talent came, and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewed:
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In Context
25And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast what is thine.
Cross References
Isaiah 58:3Why have we fasted, say they , and thou seest not? why have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labors.
Jeremiah 44:16As for the word that thou hast spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken to thee.
Malachi 1:12But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit of it, even his provision, is contemptible.
Matthew 7:21Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Luke 6:46And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Luke 19:20And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is 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 →