His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knowest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: |
“But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. |
“But his master answered and said to him, ‘You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I scattered no seed. |
“His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you know that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? |
But his master answered him, You wicked and lazy and idle servant! Did you indeed know that I reap where I have not sowed and gather [grain] where I have not winnowed? |
And his master answering said to him, Pernicious slave and slothful. Did you know that I am in the habit of reaping where I did not sow, and of gathering from where I did not winnow? |
“‘You’re a wicked, lazy servant!’ his master told him. ‘You say you knew that I reap where I never sowed and collect where I never laid out? |
His master answered him, ‘You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reaped where I had not sown and gathered where I had not threshed. |
- 1161 His 846 lord 2962 answered 611 and said 2036 unto him, 846 Thou wicked 4190 and 2532 slothful 3636 servant, 1401 thou knewest 1492 that 3754 I reap 2325 where 3699 I sowed 4687 not, 3756 and 2532 gather 4863 where 3606 I have not 3756 strawed: 1287 |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.
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