ISB ~ Matthew 25 v26

slothful servant!:The master rebuked his servant for more than laziness—he was wicked. The servant was presumably insulted when the master entrusted him with only a single talent (25:15), while others received more. Despising his master, then, he refused to trade with—or even invest—the talent, lest his master should benefit from his stewardship. The parable thus warns against sloth that is fueled by envy (cf. Lk 19:14).