Matthew 25:24
22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
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:
25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
26 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:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- “He also who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you didn’t sow, and gathering where you didn’t scatter.
- ASV
- And he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter;
- DARBY
- And he also that had received the one talent coming to [him] said, [My] lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hadst not sowed, and gathering from where thou hadst not scattered,
- BLB
- And the one having received the one talent, having come, also said, ‘Lord, I knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering from where you did not scatter.
- ÅB
- Men også han som hadde fått den ene talenten kom fram og sa: ‘Herre, jeg visste at du er en hard mann, som høster der du ikke sådde, og sanker der du ikke strødde.
- OTB
- Så kom den som hadde fått én talent også frem og sa: 'Herre, jeg visste at du er en hard mann, som høster hvor du ikke har sådd og samler hvor du ikke har strødd ut.
- B1930
- Men også han kom frem som hadde fått den ene talent, og sa: Herre! jeg visste at du er en hård mann, som høster hvor du ikke sådde, og sanker hvor du ikke strødde;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 19:20–22
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
Read in contextLuke 15:29
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
Read in contextMalachi 3:14–15
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
Read in contextEzekiel 18:25–29
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
Read in contextJeremiah 2:31
O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
Read in contextJeremiah 44:16–18
As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
Read in contextRomans 8:7
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Read in contextMatthew 7:21
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
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