Matthew 25:26

New International Reader's Version

“His master replied, ‘You evil, lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I have not planted? You knew that I gather crops where I have not scattered seed?

Cross References

Matthew 18:32

“Then the master called the first servant in. ‘You evil servant,’ he said. ‘I forgave all that you owed me because you begged me to.

Matthew 21:8

A very large crowd spread their coats on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

Matthew 25:24

“Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man. You harvest where you have not planted. You gather crops where you have not scattered seed.

Matthew 25:25

So I was afraid. I went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’

Matthew 25:27

Well then, you should have put my money in the bank. When I returned, I would have received it back with interest.’