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| NASB | Matthew 25:26 ¶ "But his master answered and said to him, 'You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed. |
| AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 25:26 ¶ "But his master answered him, 'You wicked, lazy servant, you knew that I reap [the harvest] where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter seed. |
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His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ (Matthew 25:21 ESV) Based on this talent parable by Jesus, can we say the financially rich people are upright (honorable, admirable) and faithful, while the financially poor people are wicked, lazy, and idle? I know that could be too much generalization because in other places of the Bible the rich are condemned (James 1:10, 11, 2:5, 6, 5:1), but the Jesus parable is totally against our current social and political climate that the rich are considered wicked and lazy while the poor, industrious and honest. |
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Bible Answer: I think you are missing the point. In this story who is rich? The servant or the master? Is it not the servant, who was a faithful steward of the Master's riches? Jesus is teaching here stewardship not wealth management or how to become wealthy. Hardwork as a steward is what is being rewarded here, not financial wealth. The generalization of rich being lazy and poor being hard workers is just that a generalization. I know rich honest and hardworkers and I know poor that would steal you blind if they weren't so lazy as to not get out of bed. |
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