Matthew 25:24

Tree of Life Version

“Then the one who had received the one talent also came up and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you didn’t sow and gathering where you scattered no seed.

Cross References

Isaiah 58:3

“Why have we fasted. yet You do not see? Why have we afflicted our souls, yet You take no notice?” “Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and exploit all your laborers.

Jeremiah 2:31

You, generation, heed Adonai’s word! “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of thick darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam. We won’t come to You any more’?

Matthew 18:24

When he had begun to settle up, a man was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

Matthew 20:12

saying, ‘These last guys did one hour, and you’ve made them equal to us, who bore the burden and scorching heat of the day!’

Matthew 25:25

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

Matthew 25:26

“But his master responded, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow and gather where I scattered no seed?

Matthew 7:21

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

Luke 15:29

But he answered and said to his father, ‘Look, so many years I’ve slaved away for you—not once did I ignore your order. Yet you’ve never given me a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

Luke 19:13

And calling ten of his own slaves, he gave them ten minas and said to them, ‘Do business until I come back.’

Luke 6:46

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

Romans 8:7

For the mindset of the flesh is hostile toward God, for it does not submit itself to the law of God—for it cannot.

Romans 9:20

But who in the world are you, O man, who talks back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”