The slothful man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Matthew 25:25 - King James 2000 And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the earth: lo, there 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 slothful man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
And of whom have you been afraid or feared, that you have lied, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and you fear me not?
Then he who had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not spread:
His lord answered and said unto him, You wicked and slothful servant, you knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not spread:
For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, by which we cry, Abba, Father.
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.