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Matthew 25:26 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: "
Matthew 25:26
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
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Matthew 25:1
"Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom."
Matthew 25:2
"And five of them were wise, and five were foolish."
Matthew 25:3
"They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:"
Matthew 25:4
"But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps."
Matthew 25:5
"While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept."
Matthew 25:6
"And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him."
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