Matthew 25:24

God's Word

“Then the one who received two thousand dollars came and said, ‘Sir, I knew that you are a hard person to please. You harvest where you haven’t planted and gather where you haven’t scattered any seeds.

Cross References

Isaiah 58:3

Why have we fasted if you are not aware of it? Why have we inflicted pain on ourselves if you don’t pay attention? Don’t you see that on the days you fast, you do what you want to do? You mistreat all your workers.

Jeremiah 2:31

“Consider the Lord’s word, people of this generation. Haven’t I been a desert, a land of thick darkness, for Israel? Why do my people say that they are free to wander around and no longer come to me?

Matthew 18:24

When he began to do this, a servant who owed him millions of dollars was brought to him.

Matthew 20:12

They said, ‘These last workers have worked only one hour. Yet, you’ve treated us all the same, even though we worked hard all day under a blazing sun.’

Matthew 25:25

I was afraid. So I hid your two thousand dollars in the ground. Here’s your money!’

Matthew 25:26

“His master responded, ‘You evil and lazy servant! If you knew that I harvest where I haven’t planted and gather where I haven’t scattered,

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the person who does what my Father in heaven wants.

Luke 15:29

But he answered his father, ‘All these years I’ve worked like a slave for you. I’ve never disobeyed one of your commands. Yet, you’ve never given me so much as a little goat for a celebration with my friends.

Luke 19:13

⌞Before he left,⌟ he called ten of his servants and gave them ten coins. He said to his servants, ‘Invest this money until I come back.’

Luke 6:46

“Why do you call me Lord but don’t do what I tell you?

Romans 8:7

This is so because the corrupt nature has a hostile attitude toward God. It refuses to place itself under the authority of God’s standards because it can’t.

Romans 9:20

Who do you think you are to talk back to God like that? Can an object that was made say to its maker, “Why did you make me like this?”