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-# Connecting Statement:
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-Jesus continues telling the parable about the servants and the talents. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parables]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bmoney]])
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 # a hard man
 
 Possible meanings are 1) a man who demands much from other people or 2) a man who does not treat others well.
 
 # You reap where you did not sow, and you harvest where you did not scatter
 
-The words "reap where you did not sow" and "harvest where you did not scatter" mean the same thing. They refer to a farmer who gathers crops that other people have planted. The servant uses this metaphor to accuse the master of taking what rightfully belongs to others. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+This refers to a farmer who gathers crops that other people have planted. The servant uses this metaphor to accuse the master of taking what rightfully belongs to others. 
 
 # scatter