25:24 Then the one who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Sir, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed,
25:25 so 1 I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.’
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?
1 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
2 tnGrk “But answering, his master said to him.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.