Matthew 25:24

New American Bible - revised edition

Then the one who had received the one talent came forward and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a demanding person, harvesting where you did not plant and gathering where you did not scatter;

Cross References

Isaiah 58:3

“Why do we fast, but you do not see it? afflict ourselves, but you take no note?” See, on your fast day you carry out your own pursuits, and drive all your laborers.

Jeremiah 2:31

You people of this generation, consider the word of the Lord: Have I become a wilderness to Israel, a land of gloom? Why then do my people say, “We have moved on, we will not come to you any more”?

Matthew 18:24

When he began the accounting, a debtor was brought before him who owed him a huge amount.

Matthew 20:12

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

Matthew 25:25

so out of fear I went off and buried your talent in the ground. Here it is back.’

Matthew 25:26

His master said to him in reply, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant and gather where I did not scatter?

Matthew 7:21

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

Luke 15:29

He said to his father in reply, ‘Look, all these years I served you and not once did I disobey your orders; yet you never gave me even a young goat to feast on with my friends.

Luke 19:13

He called ten of his servants and gave them ten gold coins and told them, ‘Engage in trade with these until I return.’

Luke 6:46

“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I command?

Romans 8:7

For the concern of the flesh is hostility toward God; it does not submit to the law of God, nor can it;

Romans 9:20

But who indeed are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Will what is made say to its maker, “Why have you created me so?”