Thematic Bible: The hardness of the master
Thematic Bible
Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » The hardness of the master
'And he also who hath received the one talent having come, said, Sir, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering from whence thou didst not scatter; and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth; lo, thou hast thine own!