Matthew 25:24

came and said This slave anticipates his lord's condemnation; "qui s'excuse s'accuse."

gathering where thou hast not strawed i. e. "gathering into the garner from another's threshing-floor where thou hast not winnowed" (Meyer); so, "exacting interest where thou hast invested no money." The accusation was false, but the lord takes his slave at his word, "thou oughtest therefore," for that very reason.