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Wicked Laziness
Matthew 25:24-30
Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. "Master," he said, "I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you." His master replied, "You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest. "So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (NIVUK)

These verses continue Jesus’ parable of three servants in whom a wealthy merchant had invested different amounts of money, expecting to receive a good return on his capital (Matthew 25:14-30).  The servant in this part of the story may have been the least talented.  But his master had entrusted him with a whole bag of gold (Matthew 25:14-18), knowing that he had the ability to make a profit from it over a period of time.  However, the trusted servant was not motivated to please his master.  He was too lazy to buy and sell in the market-place, so that he could make a profit.  But he knew he

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