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Matthew 25:24

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:

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προσελθὼνproselthōncameπροσέρχομαι (proserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “came”, a single actionG4334I come up to, come to, come near (to), approach, consent (to).cameδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.καὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἓνhenoneεἷς (heis)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “one”, the object formG1520one.τάλαντονtalantontalentτάλαντονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “talent”, the object formG5007a talent of silver or gold.εἰληφὼςeilēphōsto takeλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, perfect active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to take”, a completed action with a present resultG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.This verse uses “take”.εἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).Κύριεkurielordκύριος (kurios)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “lord”, the calling formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.ἔγνωνegnōnto knowγινώσκω (ginōskō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “to know”, a single actionG1097I am taking in knowledge, come to know, learn; aor: I ascertained, realized.σεseyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “you”, the object formG4771you.ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.σκληρὸςsklēroshardσκληρόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “hard”, the subject formG4642hard, violent, harsh, stern.This verse uses “hard”.εἶeito beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἄνθρωποςanthrōposa humanἄνθρωποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a human”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.θερίζωνtherizōnto reapθερίζω (therizō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to reap”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2325I reap, gather, harvest.This verse uses “reap”.ὅπουhopouwhereὅπουconjunction — “where”G3699where, whither, in what place.This verse uses “where”.οὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἔσπειραςespeirasto sowσπείρω (speirō)verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to sow”, a single actionG4687I sow, spread, scatter.This verse uses “sow”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.συνάγωνsunagōnto assembleσυνάγω (sunagō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to assemble”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4863I gather together, collect, assemble, receive with hospitality, entertain.ὅθενhothenwhenceὅθενconjunction — “whence”G3606(a) whence, from which place, (b) wherefore.This verse uses “whence”.οὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.διεσκόρπισαςdieskorpisasstrawedδιασκορπίζω (diaskorpizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person singular — “strawed”, a single actionG1287I scatter, winnow, disperse, waste.strawed

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'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;

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American Standard Version (1901)

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;

Young’s Literal Translation

'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;

World English Bible

“ He also who had received the one talent came and said , ‘ Lord , I knew you that you are a hard man , reaping where you didn’ t sow , and gathering where you didn’ t scatter .

Darby Translation

And he also that had received the one talent coming to [him] said, [My] lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hadst not sowed, and gathering from where thou hadst not scattered,

Douay-Rheims

But he that had received the one talent, came and said: Lord, I know that thou art a hard man; thou reapest where thou hast not sown, and gatherest where thou hast not strewed.

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