Matthew 25:26

Contemporary English Version 1995

The master of the servant told him, “You are lazy and good-for-nothing! You know I harvest what I don't plant and gather crops where I haven't scattered seed.

Cross References

Matthew 18:32

The king called the first official back in and said, “You're an evil man! When you begged for mercy, I said you did not have to pay back a cent.

Matthew 21:8

Many people spread clothes in the road, while others put down branches which they had cut from trees.

Matthew 25:24

The servant who had been given 1,000 coins then came in and said, “Sir, I know that you are hard to work for. You harvest what you don't plant and gather crops where you haven't scattered seed.

Matthew 25:25

I was frightened and went out and hid your money in the ground. Here is every single coin!”

Matthew 25:27

You could have at least put my money in the bank, so I could have earned interest on it.”