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Matt. 25:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard mano, reaping where thou hast not sownp, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

Job 21:15• ¹⁵What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what are we profited if we pray unto him? (Job 21:15)

Jer. 2:31• ³¹O generation, mark ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Wherefore say my people, We have dominion; we will come no more unto thee? (Jer. 2:31)

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he which.Our Lord placed the example of negligence in him to whom the least was committed, probably to "intimate" says Doddridge, "that we are accountable for the smallest advantage with which we are entrusted; but it cannot imply that they who have received much will ordinarily pass their account best; for it is too plain, in fact, that most of those whose dignity, wealth, and genius give them the greatest opportunities of service, seem to forget that they have any Master in heaven to serve, or any future reckoning to expect; and many render themselves much more criminal than this wicked and slothful servant who hid his talents in the earth."Lord.

Matt. 7:21• ²¹Not every one who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he that does the will of my Father who is in the heavens. (Matt. 7:21)

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Luke 6:46• ⁴⁶And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I say? (Luke 6:46)

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Matt. 20:12• ¹²saying, These last have worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat. (Matt. 20:12)

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Job 21:14‑15• ¹⁴And they say unto *God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
¹⁵What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what are we profited if we pray unto him? (Job 21:14‑15)

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Isa. 58:3• ³--Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not; have afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find what pleaseth you, and exact all your labours. (Isa. 58:3)

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Jer. 44:16‑18• ¹⁶As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee,
¹⁷but we will certainly do every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and we had plenty of bread, and were well, and saw no evil.
¹⁸But since we left off burning incense to the queen of the heavens, and pouring out drink-offerings to her, we have wanted everything, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. (Jer. 44:16‑18)

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Ezek. 18:25‑29• ²⁵And ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear then, house of Israel. Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
²⁶When the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and practiseth what is wrong, and dieth for it; in his wrong that he hath done shall he die.
²⁷And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness which he hath committed, and doeth judgment and justice, he shall keep his soul alive.
²⁸Because he considereth, and turneth from all his transgressions which he hath committed, he shall certainly live, he shall not die.
²⁹But the house of Israel say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? Is it not your ways that are unequal? (Ezek. 18:25‑29)

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Mal. 1:12‑13• ¹²But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, his food, is contemptible.
¹³And ye say, Behold, what a weariness! And ye have puffed at it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and ye bring that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the oblation: should I accept this of your hand? saith Jehovah. (Mal. 1:12‑13)

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Mal. 3:14‑15• ¹⁴Ye say, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we keep his charge, and that we walk mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
¹⁵And now we hold the proud for happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and they escape. (Mal. 3:14‑15)

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Luke 15:29• ²⁹But he answering said to his father, Behold, so many years I serve thee, and never have I transgressed a commandment of thine; and to me hast thou never given a kid that I might make merry with my friends: (Luke 15:29)

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Luke 19:20‑22• ²⁰And another came, saying, My Lord, lo, there is thy mina, which I have kept laid up in a towel.
²¹For I feared thee because thou art a harsh man: thou takest up what thou hast not laid down, and thou reapest what thou hast not sowed.
²²He says to him, Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked bondman: thou knewest that *I* am a harsh man, taking up what I have not laid down and reaping what I have not sowed. (Luke 19:20‑22)

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Rom. 8:7• ⁷Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God; for neither indeed can it be: (Rom. 8:7)

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Rom. 9:20• ²⁰Aye, but thou, O man, who art *thou* that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? (Rom. 9:20)

• An unconverted man might have a gift from the Lord. The slothful servant was clearly one that never had the knowledge of God: proved in that he did not believe in the goodness of the Lord: he had no confidence in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. In this the evil servant showed what he was. (“Remarks on Matthew 25” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

And he also that had received the one talent coming to him said, My lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hadst not sowed, and gathering from where thou hadst not scattered,

W. Kelly Translation

And he also that had received the one talent came forward and said, Lord, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering whence thou didst not scatter;