KJV King James Version
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:
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Matthew 25:24
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
“He also who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.
ASV American Standard Version
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;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And he also who hath received the one talent having come, said, Sir, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering from whence thou didst not scatter;
Surrounding context — Matthew 25
21 His lord said unto him, Well done, [thou] 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.
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.
24 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:
27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and [then] at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
προσελθὼνG4334 · proserchomaito come near/agreeδὲG1161 · dethenκαὶG2532 · kaiandὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoἓνG1520 · ehisoneτάλαντονG5007 · talantontalentεἰληφὼςG2983 · lambanōto takeεἶπεν·G2036 · eiponto sayκύριε,G2962 · kurioslord: GodἔγνωνG1097 · ginōskōto knowσεG4771 · suyouὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatσκληρὸςG4642 · sklēroshardεἶG1510 · eimito beἄνθρωποςG444 · anthrōposa humanθερίζωνG2325 · therizōto reapὅπουG3699 · hopouwhere(-ever)οὐκG3756 · ounoἔσπειραςG4687 · speirōto sowκαὶG2532 · kaiandσυνάγωνG4863 · sunagōto assembleὅθενG3606 · hothenwhenceοὐG3756 · ounoδιεσκόρπισας·G1287 · diaskorpizōto scatter
Cross-references
Luke 19:20-22And another came, saying, Lord, behold, [here is] thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:Malachi 3:14-15Ye 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?Luke 15:29And 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:Jeremiah 2:31O 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?Ezekiel 18:25-29Yet 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?Job 21:14-15Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.Romans 9:20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed [it], Why hast thou made me thus?Isaiah 58:3Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.Romans 8:7Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.Luke 6:46And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?Jeremiah 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.Matthew 20:12Saying, These last have wrought [but] one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.Matthew 7:21Not 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.Malachi 1:12-13But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD [is] polluted; and the fruit thereof, [even] his meat, [is] contemptible.
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