Matthew 25:24

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not winnow;

Cross References

Isaiah 58:3

‘Why have we fasted, and thou seest it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and thou takest no knowledge of it?’ Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers.

Jeremiah 2:31

And you, O generation, heed the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why then do my people say, ‘We are free, we will come no more to thee’?

Matthew 18:24

When he began the reckoning, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents;

Matthew 20:12

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

Matthew 25:25

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

Matthew 25:26

But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not winnowed?

Matthew 7:21

“Not every one 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.

Luke 15:29

but he answered his father, ‘Lo, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command; yet you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.

Luke 19:13

Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them, ‘Trade with these till I come.’

Luke 6:46

“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?

Romans 8:7

For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law, indeed it cannot;

Romans 9:20

But who are you, a man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me thus?”