Matthew 25:24-26

New English Translation

²⁴ Then the one who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Sir, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed, ²⁵ so^[a] I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.’ ²⁶ But his master answered,^[b] ‘Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn’t sow and gather where I didn’t scatter?