Matthew 25:24

Matthew 25:24

22 He also who had received two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.’

23 His lord said to him, ^a‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into ^bthe joy of your lord.’

24 “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

25 And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’

26 “But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You ^awicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.

27 So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.

28 Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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That had received the one talent (o to talenton eilhfwv). Note the perfect active participle to emphasize the fact that he still had it. In verse Matthew 25:20 we have o labwn (aorist active participle).

I knew thee (egnwn se). Second aorist active indicative. Experimental knowledge (ginwskw) and proleptical use of se.

A hard man (sklhrov). Harsh, stern, rough man, worse than austhrov in Luke 19:21, grasping and ungenerous.

Where thou didst not scatter (oqen ou dieskorpisav). But this scattering was the chaff from which wheat was winnowed, not the scattering of seed.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 25:24:**

Luke 15:13
Luke 19:21
Acts 19:9
James 3:4

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