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He also who had received the one talent came and said, `Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.
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A Slanderous Excuse
Commentators agree that the servant's description of his master as a 'hard man' is a false and slanderous excuse. He projects his own laziness and dislike for the master's work onto the master himself. Scholars like John Gill and Matthew Henry note that this excuse reveals the servant's wicked heart and fundamental misunderstanding of his lord's true, gracious character. It's a warning against blaming God for our own spiritual inaction.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The one talent. The design of this part of the parable is to show that no one is excused for indolence because he has few talents. God wil…
That had received the one talent (ο το ταλεντον ειληφως). Note the perfect active participle to emphasize the fact that he still h…
19th Century
Anglican
I knew thee that thou art an hard man — The word “hard” points to a rigid character, while Luke’s term “austere” suggests…
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Baptist
At the day of reckoning, the unfaithful as well as the faithful have to give account of their stewardship. This man’s words were self-contradictory…
The third servant accuses his master of grasping, exploiting the labor of others, and putting the servant in an invidious position. Should he take …
16th Century
Protestant
I knew you, that you are a harsh man. This harshness has nothing to do with the substance of the parable; and it is an idle specu…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then he which had received the one talent came For he that has the least gifts, is accountable for them; and therefo…
Christ keeps no servants to be idle: they have received their all from Him, and have nothing they can call their own but sin. Our receiving from Ch…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Lord tells a parable about the Judgment, in which some are condemned for not keeping the interior spiritual good they had received,…
