Bible verses about "wasting" | Matthew

¹² O teach vs to numbre our daies, that we maye apply our hertes vnto wisdome.

¹⁴ Lykewyse as a certayne man, redye to take iorney to a straunge countre, called hys seruauntes and delyuered to them his goodes. ¹⁵ And vnto one he gaue fyue talentes, to another .ij. and to another one: to euery man after his abylite, and straight waye departed. ¹⁶ Then he that had receyued the .v. talentes, went and bestowed them and wan other fyue talentes. ¹⁷ Likewise he that receiued two, gained other two. ¹⁸ But he that receiued the one, wente and digged a pit in the earth and hid his maisters money. ¹⁹ After a longe season the Lorde of those seruauntes came and rekened with them. ²⁰ Then came he that had receyued .v. talentes, and brought other .v. talentes, sayinge: maister thou delyuerest vnto me fyue talentes beholde I haue gained with them fyue talentes mo. ²¹ Then his maister sayde vnto him: Well good seruaunt and faithfull. Thou hast bene faythfull in litle, I wyll make the rueler ouer muche enter in into thy maisters ioye. ²² Also he that receiued .ij. talentes, came and sayed mayster thou deliuerest vnto me twoo talentes, beholde I haue won two other talentes with them. ²³ And his maister sayde vnto hym, well good seruaunt and faithfull. Thou hast bene faithfull in litle, I wyll make the ruler ouer much: go in into thy maisters ioye. ²⁴ Then he which had receiued the one talent, came & sayde, maister, I consydered that thou waste an harde man, which repest were thou sowest not, & gadderest where thou strawest not, ²⁵ and was therfore afraide, and went and hid thy talente in the earth: beholde, thou hast thyne owne. ²⁶ His maister aunswered and said vnto hym: thou euyll seruaunte and slouthful, thou knewest that I repe wher I sowed not, and gadder wher I strawed not: ²⁷ thou oughtest therfore to haue had my money to the chaungers, then at my commynge shoulde I haue receyued myne owne with vauntage. ²⁸ Take therfore the talent from him, and giue it vnto him which hath ten talentes. ²⁹ For vnto euerye man that hathe shalbe geuen, and he shall haue aboundaunce, and from hym that hath not, shall be taken awaye, euen that he hath. ³⁰ And caste that vnprofytable seruaunt into vtter darcknes: there shalbe wepinge & gnashinge of tethe.

⁹ When ye reape doune the rype corne of your lande, ye shall not repe doune the vtmost borders of youre feldes, nether shalt thou gather that whyche is left behynde in thy haruest. ¹⁰ Thou shalt not plucke in al thy vyneyarde cleane, nether gather in the grapes that are ouerscaped. But thou shalt leaue them for the poore and straunger. I am the Lord your God.

¹² When they had eaten ynough, he said vnto his disciples: gather vp the broken meate that remayneth: that nothinge be lost: ¹³ And they gathered it together and fylled twelue baskettes with the broken meate, of the fyue barly loues and two fyshes which broken meate remained vnto them that had eaten. ¹⁴ Then the men when they had sene the miracle that Iesus did, saide: this is of a truthe the prophete that shoulde come into the worlde.