Matthew 25:26
24 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.
25 So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what belongs to you.’
‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.
27 Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest.
28 Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- ‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- “But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.
- ASV
- But 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 did not scatter;
- DARBY
- And his lord answering said to him, Wicked and slothful bondman, thou knewest that I reap where I had not sowed, and gather from where I had not scattered;
- BLB
- And answering, his master said to him, ‘Wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather from where I did not scatter.
- ÅB
- Da svarte herren hans: ‘Dårlige og late tjener! Du visste at jeg høster der jeg ikke sådde, og sanker der jeg ikke strødde!
- OTB
- Hans herre svarte: 'Du onde, late tjener! Du visste at jeg høster hvor jeg ikke har sådd og samler hvor jeg ikke har strødd ut?
- B1930
- Da svarte hans herre og sa til ham: Du dårlige og late tjener! du visste at jeg høster hvor jeg ikke sådde, og sanker hvor jeg ikke strødde!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 18:32
Then the master summoned him and declared, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.
Read in contextJob 15:5–6
For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
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