Matthew 25:24

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Then he which had receaued the one talent, came, and saide: Lorde I knew thee, that thou art an harde man, reapyng where thou hast not sowen, & gatheryng where thou hast not strowed.

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  • Job 21:14-15 : 14 They say also vnto God: Go from vs, we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes. 15 Who is the almightie that we should serue him? And what profite should we haue if we should pray vnto him?
  • Isa 58:3 : 3 Wherefore fast we say they and thou seest it not? we put our liues to straitnesse, and thou regardest it not?
  • Jer 2:31 : 31 Oh generation, hearken vnto the worde of the Lorde: Am I become a wildernesse vnto the people of Israel? or a lande that hath no lyght? wherfore saith my people then, We are lordes, we wyll come no more vnto thee?
  • Jer 44:16-18 : 16 As for the wordes that thou hast spoken vnto vs in the name of the Lorde, we wyll in no wise heare them: 17 But whatsoeuer goeth out of our owne mouth, that wyll we do, we wyll do sacrifice, and offer oblations vnto the Queene of heauen, like as we and our forefathers, our kinges and our heades haue done in the cities of Iuda, and in the streetes of Hierusalem: for then had we plenteousnesse of vitailes, then were we in prosperitie, and no misfortune came vpon vs: 18 But since we left to offer and to do sacrifice vnto the Queene of heauen, we haue had scarsenesse of all thinges, and perishe with the sworde and hunger.
  • Ezek 18:25-29 : 25 And yet ye say, the way of the Lorde is not indifferent. Heare therefore ye house of Israel, is not my way equall? or are not your wayes rather vnequall? 26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousnesse, and committeth iniquitie, and dieth in the same: in his iniquitie whiche he hath committed shall he dye. 27 Agayne, when the wicked turneth away from his wickednesse that he hath done, and doth iudgement and right, he shall saue his soule aliue. 28 Because he seeth, and turneth away from all his iniquitie that he hath committed, he shall surely liue, and not dye. 29 And yet saith the house of Israel, the way of the Lorde is not equall. Are my wayes vnequall O ye house of Israel? are not your wayes rather vnequall?
  • Mal 1:12-13 : 12 But ye haue polluted it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted, & the fruite thereof, euen his meate is not to be regarded. 13 And ye saide, beholde it is a weerynesse, and you haue snuffed at it saith the Lorde of hoastes, and ye haue offered the stolne, and the lame, and the sicke, ye haue offered an offering: shoulde I accept this of your handes, saith the lorde?
  • Mal 3:14-15 : 14 Ye haue saide: it is but vayne to serue God, and what profite is it that we haue kept his commaundement, & that we haue walked humbly before the face of the Lorde of hoastes? 15 And nowe we call the proude happie: yea the workers of wickednesse are set vp, and also they that tempt God, yea they are deliuered.
  • Matt 7:21 : 21 Not euery one, that sayeth vnto me Lorde, Lorde, shall enter into the kyngdome of heauen: but he that doeth the wyll of my father, which is in heauen.
  • Matt 20:12 : 12 Saying: These laste haue wrought but one houre, & thou hast made them equall vnto vs, whiche haue borne the burthen and heate of the day.
  • Luke 6:46 : 46 Why call ye me Lorde, Lorde, and do not as I byd you?
  • Luke 15:29 : 29 He aunswered and sayde to his father: Lo, these many yeres haue I done thee seruice, neither brake I at any tyme thy commaundement, and yet thou neuer gauest me a kidde to make mery with my friendes:
  • Luke 19:20-22 : 20 And another came, saying: Lorde beholde here is thy peece, whiche I haue layed vp in a napkin. 21 For I feared thee, because thou art a strayte man: Thou takest vp that thou laydest not downe, & reapest that thou dyddest not sowe. 22 He sayth vnto hym: Of thyne owne mouth wyll I iudge thee, thou euyll seruaunt. Knewest thou that I am a straite man, taking vp that I layed not downe, & reapyng that I dyd not sowe:
  • Rom 8:7 : 7 Because that the fleshly mynde is enmitie agaynst God: For it is not obedient to the lawe of God, neither can be.
  • Rom 9:20 : 20 But O man, what art thou which disputest with God? Shall the worke say to the workeman, why hast thou made me on this fashion?

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  • Matt 25:25-30
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    25And therfore was I afrayde, & went and hid thy talent in the earth: loe, there thou hast that thyne is.

    26His Lorde aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: Thou euyll and slouthfull seruaut, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I haue not strowed,

    27Thou oughtest therfore to haue delyuered my money to the exchaungers, and then at my commyng shoulde I haue receaued myne owne with vauntage.

    28Take therfore the talent from hym, and geue it vnto hym whiche hath ten talentes.

    29For vnto euery one that hath, shalbe geuen, and he shall haue aboundaunce: But he that hath not, from hym shalbe taken away, euen that which he hath.

    30And cast the vnprofitable seruaunt into vtter darknesse, there shalbe wepyng, and gnasshyng of teeth.

  • Matt 25:12-23
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    12But he aunswered and sayde: veryly I say vnto you, I knowe you not.

    13Watch therfore, for ye knowe neither the day, nor yet the houre, wherin the sonne of man shall come.

    14Lykewyse, as a certayne man, redy to take his iourney into a straunge countrey, called his owne seruauntes, and delyuered vnto them his goodes.

    15And vnto one, he gaue fyue talentes, to another two, and to another one: to euery man after his habilitie, & strayght way departed.

    16Then he that had receaued the fyue talentes, went, and occupyed with the same, & made them other fyue talentes.

    17And lykewyse, he that receaued two: he also gayned other two.

    18But he that receaued that one, went and digged in the earth, and hyd his Lordes money.

    19After a long season, the Lorde of those seruauntes commeth, and reckeneth with them.

    20And so, he that had receaued fyue talentes, came, and brought other fyue talentes, saying: Lorde, thou delyueredst vnto me fyue talentes, beholde, I haue gayned with them fyue talentes mo.

    21His Lorde saide vnto him: Well done, thou good and faythfull seruaut. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thynges, I wyll make thee ruler ouer manye thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde.

    22He also that had receaued two talentes, came, and sayde: Lorde thou delyueredst vnto me two talentes, beholde, I haue wonne two other taletes with them.

    23His Lorde saide vnto him? Well done, good and faithfull seruaunt. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thinges, I wyl make thee ruler ouer many thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde.

  • Luke 19:20-26
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    20And another came, saying: Lorde beholde here is thy peece, whiche I haue layed vp in a napkin.

    21For I feared thee, because thou art a strayte man: Thou takest vp that thou laydest not downe, & reapest that thou dyddest not sowe.

    22He sayth vnto hym: Of thyne owne mouth wyll I iudge thee, thou euyll seruaunt. Knewest thou that I am a straite man, taking vp that I layed not downe, & reapyng that I dyd not sowe:

    23And wherfore gauest not thou my money into the banke, and at my commyng I myght haue required myne owne with vauntage?

    24And he sayde vnto them that stoode by: Take from hym that peece, and geue it to hym that hath ten peeces.

    25And they sayde vnto hym: Lorde he hath ten peeces.

    26For I say vnto you, that vnto euery one which hath, shalbe geuen: and fro hym that hath not, shalbe taken away euen that he hath.

  • Luke 12:46-48
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    46The Lord of that seruaunt wyll come in a day when he thynketh not, and at an houre when he is not ware, and wyll hewe hym in peeces, and geue hym his portion with the vnbeleuers.

    47And the seruaunt that knewe his maisters wyll, and prepared not hym selfe, neither dyd accordyng to his wyll, shalbe beaten with many strypes.

    48But he that knewe not, and did comit thynges worthy of strypes, shalbe beaten with fewe strypes. For vnto whosoeuer much is geuen, of him shalbe much required: and to whom men haue committed much, of hym wyl they aske the more.

  • Matt 18:24-25
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    24And when he had begunne to recken, one was brought vnto hym, which ought hym ten thousande talentes.

    25But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his Lorde commaunded hym to be solde, and his wyfe, and chyldren, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

  • Luke 19:15-18
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    15And it came to passe, that whe he had receaued his kyngdome and returned, he commaunded these seruauntes to be called vnto him, to whom he had geuen the money, to wyt howe muche euery man had done in occupying.

    16Then came the first, saying: Lorde thy peece hath gayned ten peeces.

    17And he sayde vnto hym: Well thou good seruaunt, because thou hast ben faythfull in a very litle thing, haue thou aucthoritie ouer ten cities.

    18And the seconde came, saying: Thy peece hath encreased fiue peeces.

  • Matt 24:50-51
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    50The same seruauntes Lorde shall come in a day, when he loketh not for hym, and in an houre that he is not ware of:

    51And shall hewe hym in peeces, & geue hym his portion with hypocrites: there shalbe wepyng and gnasshyng of teeth.

  • Matt 24:45-48
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    45Who is a faythfull and wise seruaunt, whom his Lorde hath made ruler ouer his householde, to geue them meate in season.

    46Blessed is that seruaunt, whom his Lorde when he commeth, shall fynde so doyng.

    47Ueryly I say vnto you, that he shall make hym ruler ouer all his goodes.

    48But and yf that euyll seruaunt say in his heart, my Lorde wyll be long a commyng:

  • Matt 18:34
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    34And his Lorde was wroth, and delyuered hym to the tormentours, tyll he shoulde pay all that was due vnto him.

  • Mark 4:25
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    25For vnto hym that hath, shall it be geuen: and from hym that hath not, shalbe taken away, euen that which he hath.

  • Luke 19:12-13
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    12He sayde therfore: A certayne noble man went into a farre countrey, to receaue for hym selfe a kyngdome, and to come agayne.

    13And he called his ten seruauntes, & deliuered the ten peeces of money, saying vnto them, Occupie tyl I come.

  • Matt 13:27
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    27So, the seruauntes of the housholder came, and sayde vnto hym. Sir, diddest not thou sowe good seede in thy fielde? from whence then hath it tares?

  • Matt 18:31-32
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    31So, when his felowes sawe what was done, they were very sory: & came, and tolde vnto their Lorde all that was done.

    32Then his Lorde called hym, and sayd vnto him: O thou vngracious seruaunt, I forgaue thee all that debt, when thou desiredst me:

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    12Saying: These laste haue wrought but one houre, & thou hast made them equall vnto vs, whiche haue borne the burthen and heate of the day.

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    2And he called hym, and sayde vnto hym: Howe is it, that I heare this of thee? Geue accomptes of thy stewardeshyppe, for thou mayest be no longer stewarde.

    3The stewarde sayde within hymselfe: What shall I do, for my maister taketh away from me the stewardshyppe? I can not digge, & to begge I am ashamed.