Matthew 25:24

Modern English Version

“Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not winnow.

Cross References

Luke 15:29

But he answered his father, ‘Look! These many years have I served you. Nor have I ever transgressed your commands, yet never have you given me a goat, so that I might be merry with my friends.

Jeremiah 2:31

O generation, consider the word of the Lord: Have I been a wilderness to Israel? A land of darkness? Why do My people say, “We are free to roam. We will come no more to You”?

Romans 9:20

Rather, O man, who are you to answer back to God? Shall the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”

Romans 8:7

for the carnal mind is hostile toward God, for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can it be,

Luke 6:46

“Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I say?

Matthew 20:12

saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.’

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.

Isaiah 58:3

“Why have we fasted and You do not see? Why have we humbled ourselves and You take no notice?” Behold, in the day of your fast you find your desire and are exacting on all your laborers.

Matthew 18:24

When he began to settle the accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

Matthew 25:25

So I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.’

Matthew 25:26

“His master answered, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not winnowed.

Luke 19:13

So he called his ten servants and entrusted to them ten pounds and said to them, ‘Trade until I come.’