'Gathering' in the Bible

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:

And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.

Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,