Matthew 25:26

New Century Version

The master answered, ‘You are a wicked and lazy servant! You say you knew that I harvest things I did not plant and that I gather crops where I did not sow any seed.

Cross References

Matthew 18:32

“Then the master called his servant in and said, ‘You evil servant! Because you begged me to forget what you owed, I told you that you did not have to pay anything.

Matthew 21:8

Many people spread their coats on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

Matthew 25:24

“Then the servant who had been given one bag of gold came to the master and said, ‘Master, I knew that you were a hard man. You harvest things you did not plant. You gather crops where you did not sow any seed.

Matthew 25:25

So I was afraid and went and hid your money in the ground. Here is your bag of gold.’

Matthew 25:27

So you should have put my gold in the bank. Then, when I came home, I would have received my gold back with interest.’