Matthew 25:24

προσελθὼν δὲ καὶ ὁ τὸ ἓν τάλαντον εἰληφὼς εἶπεν Κύριε ἔγνων σε ὅτι σκληρὸς εἶ ἄνθρωπος θερίζων ὅπου οὐκ ἔσπειρας καὶ συνάγων ὅθεν οὐ διεσκόρπισας
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:
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
προσελθὼν
G4334
proserchomai
to approach, i.e., (literally) come near, visit, or (figuratively) worship, assent to
  • to come to, approach
    • "draw near to"to assent to
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
ὁ
G3588 T-NSM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
τὸ
G3588 T-ASN
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ἓν
G1520 A-ASN
heis
one
  • one
τάλαντον
G5007 N-ASN
talanton
a balance (as supporting weights), i.e., (by implication) a certain weight (and thence a coin or rather sum of money) or ___%___talent___%___
  • the scale of a balance, a balance, a pair of scales
    • "that which is weighed, a talent
    • a weight varying in different places and times
      • "a sum of money weighing a talent and varying in different states and according to the changes in the laws regulating currency
      • the Attic talent was equal to 60 Attic minae or 6000 drachmae
        • "a talent of silver in Israel weighed about 100 pounds (45 kg)"a talent of gold in Israel weighed about 200 pounds (91 kg)
εἰληφὼς
G2983 V-2RAP-NSM
lambanō
while G0138 is more violent, to seize or remove))
  • to take
    • to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it
      • to take up a thing to be carried
        • "to take upon one's self
      to take in order to carry away
      • without the notion of violence, i.e., to remove, take away
      to take what is one's own, to take to one's self, to make one's own
      • to claim, procure, for one's self
        • to associate with one's self as companion, attendant
        of that which when taken is not let go, to seize, to lay hold of, apprehend"to take by craft (our catch, used of hunters, fisherman, etc.), to circumvent one by fraud"to take to one's self, lay hold upon, take possession of, i.e., to appropriate to one's self"catch at, reach after, strive to obtain"to take a thing due, to collect, gather (tribute)
      to take
      • to admit, receive
        • "to receive what is offered"not to refuse or reject"to receive a person, give him access to one's self,
        • to regard any one's power, rank, external circumstances, and on that account to do some injustice or neglect something
      to take, to choose, select"to take beginning, to prove anything, to make a trial of, to experience
    to receive (what is given), to gain, get, obtain, to get back
εἶπεν
G2036 V-2AAI-3S
epō
to speak or say (by word or writing)
  • to speak, say
Κύριε
G2962
kyrios
supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
  • he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord
    • the possessor and disposer of a thing
      • the owner; one who has control of the person, the master
        • "in the state: the sovereign, prince, chief, the Roman emperor
      is a title of honor expressive of respect and reverence, with which servants salute their master"this title is given to: God, the Messiah
ἔγνων
G1097 V-2AAI-1S
ginōskō
to ___%___know___%___ (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed)
  • to learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel
    • to become known
    to know, understand, perceive, have knowledge of
    • to understand
      • "to know
    Jewish idiom for sexual intercourse between a man and a woman"to become acquainted with, to know
σε
G4571
se
thee
  • thou, thee
ὅτι
G3754 CONJ
hoti
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
  • that, because, since
σκληρὸς
G4642 A-NSM
sklēros
dry, i.e., hard or tough (figuratively, harsh, severe)
  • hard, harsh, rough, stiff
    • of men: metaphorically harsh, stern, hard
      • "of things: violent, rough, offensive, intolerable
εἶ
G1488
ei
thou art
  • you are, thou art
ἄνθρωπος
G444 N-NSM
anthrōpos
man-faced, i.e., a human being
  • a human being, whether male or female
    • generically, to include all human individuals
      • "to distinguish man from beings of a different race or order
      • of animals and plants
        • "of from God and Christ"of the angels
      with the added notion of weakness, by which man is led into a mistake or prompted to sin"with the adjunct notion of contempt or disdainful pity"with reference to two fold nature of man, body and soul"with reference to the two fold nature of man, the corrupt and the truly Christian man, conformed to the nature of God"with reference to sex, a male
    indefinitely, someone, a man, one"in the plural, people"joined with other words, merchantman
θερίζων
G2325 V-PAP-NSM
therizō
to harvest
  • to reap, harvest
    • "proverbial expression for sowing and reaping"cut off, destroy
    • as crops are cut down with a sickle
ὅπου
G3699 CONJ
hopou
what(-ever) where, i.e., at whichever spot
  • where, whereas
οὐκ
G3756 PRT-N
ou
the absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not
  • no, not
ἔσπειρας
G4687 V-AAI-2S
speirō
to scatter, i.e., sow (literally or figuratively)
  • to sow, scatter, seed
    • "metaphorically of proverbial sayings
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
συνάγων
G4863 V-PAP-NSM
synagō
to lead together, i.e., collect or convene; specially, to entertain (hospitably)
  • to gather together, to gather
    • to draw together, collect
      • of fishes
        • "of a net in which they are caught
    to bring together, assemble, collect
    • to join together, join in one (those previously separated)
      • "to gather together by convoking"to be gathered i.e., come together, gather, meet
    to lead with one's self
    • into one's home, i.e., to receive hospitably, to entertain
ὅθεν
G3606 CONJ
hothen
from which place or source or cause (adverb or conjunction)
  • from which, whence
    • of the place from which
      • "of the source from which a thing is known, from which, whereby"of the cause from which, for which reason, wherefore, on which account
οὐ
G3756 PRT-N
ou
the absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not
  • no, not
διεσκόρπισας
G1287 V-AAI-2S
diaskorpizō
to dissipate, i.e., (genitive case) to rout or separate; specially, to winnow; figuratively, to squander
  • to scatter abroad, disperse, to winnow
    • to throw the grain a considerable distance, or up into the air, that it may be separated from the chaff
      • "to gather the wheat, freed from the chaff into the granary"to winnow grain

προσελθὼν δὲ καὶ ὁ τὸ ἓν τάλαντον εἰληφὼς εἶπεν Κύριε ἔγνων σε ὅτι σκληρὸς εἶ ἄνθρωπος θερίζων ὅπου οὐκ ἔσπειρας καὶ συνάγων ὅθεν οὐ διεσκόρπισας
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:
Cross References

Luke 19:20

καὶ ἕτερος ἦλθεν λέγων Κύριε ἰδού ἡ μνᾶ σου ἣν εἶχον ἀποκειμένην ἐν σουδαρίῳ·
20
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

Malachi 3:14

אֲמַרְתֶּם שָׁוְא עֲבֹד אֱלֹהִים וּמַה-בֶּצַע כִּי שָׁמַרְנוּ מִשְׁמַרְתּוֹ וְכִי הָלַכְנוּ קְדֹרַנִּית מִפְּנֵי יְהוָה צְבָאֽוֹת׃
14
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

Luke 15:29

ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν τῷ πατρὶ Ἰδού τοσαῦτα ἔτη δουλεύω σοι καὶ οὐδέποτε ἐντολήν σου παρῆλθον καὶ ἐμοὶ οὐδέποτε ἔδωκας ἔριφον ἵνα μετὰ τῶν φίλων μου εὐφρανθῶ·
29
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

Jeremiah 2:31

הַדּוֹר אַתֶּם רְאוּ דְבַר-יְהוָה הֲמִדְבָּר הָיִיתִי לְיִשְׂרָאֵל אִם אֶרֶץ מַאְפֵּלְיָה מַדּוּעַ אָמְרוּ עַמִּי רַדְנוּ לֽוֹא-נָבוֹא עוֹד אֵלֶֽיךָ׃
31
O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

Ezekiel 18:25

וַאֲמַרְתֶּם לֹא יִתָּכֵן דֶּרֶךְ אֲדֹנָי שִׁמְעוּ-נָא בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל הֲדַרְכִּי לֹא יִתָּכֵן הֲלֹא דַרְכֵיכֶם לֹא יִתָּכֵֽנוּ׃
25
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

Romans 8:7

διότι τὸ φρόνημα τῆς σαρκὸς ἔχθρα εἰς θεόν τῷ γὰρ νόμῳ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐχ ὑποτάσσεται οὐδὲ γὰρ δύναται·
7
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

Job 21:14

וַיֹּאמְרוּ לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וְדַעַת דְּרָכֶיךָ לֹא חָפָֽצְנוּ׃
14
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Romans 9:20

μενοῦνγε ὦ ἄνθρωπε σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ ἀνταποκρινόμενος τῷ θεῷ μὴ ἐρεῖ τὸ πλάσμα τῷ πλάσαντι Τί με ἐποίησας οὕτως
20
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

Luke 6:46

Τί δέ με καλεῖτε Κύριε κύριε καὶ οὐ ποιεῖτε ἃ λέγω
46
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

Matthew 7:21

Οὐ πᾶς ὁ λέγων μοι Κύριε κύριε εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀλλ' ὁ ποιῶν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς
21
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 20:12

λέγοντες ὅτι Οὗτοι οἱ ἔσχατοι μίαν ὥραν ἐποίησαν καὶ ἴσους ἡμῖν αὐτοὺς ἐποίησας τοῖς βαστάσασιν τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα
12
Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.

Jeremiah 44:16

הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר-דִּבַּרְתָּ אֵלֵינוּ בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה אֵינֶנּוּ שֹׁמְעִים אֵלֶֽיךָ׃
16
As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.

Isaiah 58:3

לָמָּה צַּמְנוּ וְלֹא רָאִיתָ עִנִּינוּ נַפְשֵׁנוּ וְלֹא תֵדָע הֵן בְּיוֹם צֹֽמְכֶם תִּמְצְאוּ-חֵפֶץ וְכָל-עַצְּבֵיכֶם תִּנְגֹּֽשׂוּ׃
3
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.

Malachi 1:12

וְאַתֶּם מְחַלְּלִים אוֹתוֹ בֶּאֱמָרְכֶם שֻׁלְחַן אֲדֹנָי מְגֹאָל הוּא וְנִיבוֹ נִבְזֶה אָכְלֽוֹ׃
12
But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.
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