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 he who had received the one talent came, and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewed: And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast what is thine.