Thematic Bible: The hardness of the master
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Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » The hardness of the master
Then the servant who had got the two hundred and fifty pounds came forward. He said, 'I knew you were a hard man, sir, reaping where you never sowed and gathering where you never winnowed. So I was afraid; I went and hid your two hundred and fifty pounds in the earth. There's your money!'