Matthew 18:32

18:32 Then his lord called the first slave ¹  and said to him, ‘Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!

Matthew 25:26

25:26 But his master answered, ²  ‘Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn’t sow and gather where I didn’t scatter?

Luke 19:22

19:22 The king ³  said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, ⁴  you wicked slave! ⁵  So you knew, did you, that I was a severe ⁶  man, withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow?

¹ tn Grk “him”; the referent (the first slave mentioned in v. 24) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Grk “But answering, his master said to him.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.

³ tn Grk “He”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Grk “out of your own mouth” (an idiom).

⁵ tn Note the contrast between this slave, described as “wicked,” and the slave in v. 17, described as “good.”

⁶ tn Or “exacting,” “harsh,” “hard.”