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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Matthew 25:24 - 25:24
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Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man - harsh. The word in Luke (Luk 19:21) is “austere.”
reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed - The sense is obvious: “I knew thou wast one whom it was impossible to serve, one whom nothing would please: exacting what was impracticable, and dissatisfied with what was attainable.” Thus do men secretly think of God as a hard Master, and virtually throw on Him the blame of their fruitlessness.