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Berean Standard Bible

“Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.”

Matthew 25:24

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After a long absence the master returns to settle accounts with his servants. Two of them have doubled what they were given, and the third comes forward last.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

World English Bible (WEB)

“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.

King James Version (KJV)

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:

American Standard Version (ASV)

And he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work:

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

'And he also who has received the one talent having come, said, Sir, I knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering from where you did not scatter;

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y llegando también el que había recibido un talento, dijo: Señor, te conocía que eres hombre duro, que siegas donde no sembraste, y recoges donde no esparciste;

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

»Cuando el que había recibido los diez mil pesos se presentó ante el jefe, le dijo: “Señor, como sabía que eres tan duro que te quedarías con cualquier utilidad que yo obtuviera, escondí el dinero. Aquí tienes hasta el último centavo que me diste”.

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