‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.
His Lord answered and said unto him,.... Resenting, as he well might, not only his indolence and sloth, his neglect of his duty, and his worldly disposition, but the abusive character he had given of him, in order to cover his own wickedness: thou wicked and slothful servant; a very just character of him: he was a "wicked" servant; all men in a state of...
Verse 26. Slothful. Indolent, lazy, who had done nothing. God will judge men, not merely for doing wrong, but for not doing right. See . That servant was wicked, because he had such an opinion of his master; he had shown that he was slothful, by not making good use of the talent, . Thou knewest, etc. This should be understood, and might have been translated, as a question.