Matthew 25:26

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His master answered, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered.

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  • Matt 18:32 : 32 Then the master summoned the servant and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me to.'
  • Job 15:5-6 : 5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty. 6 Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your lips testify against you.

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  • Matt 25:17-25
    9 verses
    89%

    17In the same way, the servant who had two talents also gained two more.

    18But the servant who had received the one talent went away, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.

    19After a long time, the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.

    20The servant who had received five talents came and brought five more, saying, ‘Master, you entrusted me with five talents; see, I have gained five more.’

    21His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’

    22The servant who had received two talents also came and said, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents; see, I have gained two more.’

    23His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’

    24Then the servant who had received one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

    25So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’

  • Luke 19:20-24
    5 verses
    85%

    20Another came and said, 'Master, here is your mina. I kept it laid away in a cloth.'

    21'For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.'

    22He said to him, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?'

    23'Then why didn’t you put my money in the bank, so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?'

    24Then he said to those standing by, 'Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.'

  • Matt 25:27-30
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    27Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return, I would have received it back with interest.

    28So take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.

    29For to everyone who has, more will be given, and they will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken away from them.

    30And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Luke 12:45-47
    3 verses
    78%

    45But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

    46the master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know. He will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the unfaithful.

    47That servant who knew his master’s will and did not prepare or act according to his will, will be beaten with many blows.

  • Matt 25:12-15
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    12But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’

    13Therefore, watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

    14For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his own servants and entrusted his belongings to them.

    15To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey immediately.

  • Matt 24:50
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    50The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.

  • Matt 24:45-48
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    45Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time?

    46Blessed is that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns.

    47Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

    48But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'

  • Matt 13:27-28
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    27The servants of the landowner came to him and said, 'Master, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?'

    28He replied, 'An enemy did this.' The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?'

  • Matt 18:31-32
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    31When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened.

    32Then the master summoned the servant and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me to.'

  • Luke 16:2-3
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    2So he called him and said, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you can no longer be manager.'

    3The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do, since my master is taking away my position? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.'

  • Matt 18:34
    74%

    34In anger, his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he should pay back all he owed.

  • Luke 19:13
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    13"He called ten of his servants, gave them ten minas, and said to them, 'Do business until I come back.'

  • Luke 19:26
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    26'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.'

  • Luke 19:15-16
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    15When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered the servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, so he could find out what they had gained by doing business.

    16The first came forward, saying, 'Lord, your mina has earned ten more minas.'

  • Luke 19:18
    73%

    18The second came and said, 'Master, your mina has made five minas.'

  • Luke 17:7
    72%

    7Which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

  • Matt 13:25
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    25But while people were sleeping, his enemy came, sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.

  • Luke 12:43
    72%

    43Blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing so when he returns.

  • Luke 16:5
    72%

    5So he called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

  • Matt 18:25
    72%

    25Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

  • Luke 14:21
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    21The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

  • Mark 12:2
    72%

    2At the appointed time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

  • John 4:38
    72%

    38I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.