Matthew 25:24

English Standard Version

24 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, (1Sa 25:3; 2Co 8:12) 

New International Version

24 ‘Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. “Master,” he said, “I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 

New International Reader’s Version

24 ‘Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. “Master”, he said, “I knew that you are a hard man. You harvest where you have not planted. You gather crops where you have not scattered seed. 

King James Version

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: 

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