The slacker says, ‘There’s a lion in the road – a lion in the public square! ’
Matthew 25:25 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So I was afraid and went off and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is your own. American Standard Version (1901) and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own. Common English Bible So I was afraid. And I hid my valuable coin in the ground. Here, you have what’s yours.’ Catholic Public Domain Version And so, being afraid, I went out and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And being afraid I went and hid thy talent in the earth: behold here thou hast that which is thine. |
The slacker says, ‘There’s a lion in the road – a lion in the public square! ’
Who was it you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and didn’t remember me or take it to heart? I have kept silent for a long time, haven’t I? , So you do not fear me.
‘The man who had received one talent also approached and said, “Master, I know you. You’re a harsh man, reaping where you haven’t sown and gathering where you haven’t scattered seed.
‘His master replied to him, “You evil, lazy servant! If you knew that I reap where I haven’t sown and gather where I haven’t scattered,
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear. Instead, you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, ‘Abba, Father! ’
But the cowards, faithless, detestable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars #– #their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.’