Matthew 25:26 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁶ 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;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ But his master answered him, You wicked and lazy and idle servant! Did you indeed know that I reap where I have not sowed and gather [grain] where I have not winnowed?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ 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;

Common English Bible

²⁶ “His master replied, ‘You evil and lazy servant! You knew that I harvest grain where I haven’t sown and that I gather crops where I haven’t spread seed?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ But his lord said to him in response: 'You evil and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ And his lord answering, said to him: Wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sow not, and gather where I have not strewed:

Matthew 25:26 Cross References

Matthew 18:32

Then his lord called him unto him, and saith to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me:

Matthew 21:8

And the most part of the multitude spread their garments in the way; and others cut branches from the trees, and spread them in the way.

Matthew 25:24

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:

Matthew 25:25

and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own.

Matthew 25:27

thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest.