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Matthew 25:26

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26But his master answered and* said to him, ‘Evil and lazy slave! You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather from where I did not scatter seed.*

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Footnotes

  1. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“His master replied to him, ‘You evil, lazy servant! If you knew that I reap where I haven’t sown and gather where I haven’t scattered,

NLTNew Living Translation

“But the master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! If you knew I harvested crops I didn’t plant and gathered crops I didn’t cultivate,

KJV 1900King 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: