Matthew 25:24

That had received the one talent

(ο το ταλεντον ειληφως). Note the perfect active participle to emphasize the fact that he still had it. In verse Matthew 25:20 we have ο--λαβων (aorist active participle).I knew thee

(εγνων σε). Second aorist active indicative. Experimental knowledge (γινωσκω) and proleptical use of σε.A hard man

(σκληρος). Harsh, stern, rough man, worse than αυστηρος in Luke 19:21, grasping and ungenerous.Where thou didst not scatter

(οθεν ου διεσκορπισας). But this scattering was the chaff from which wheat was winnowed, not the scattering of seed.