Luke 19:21
For I was afraid of thee because thou are an austere man. Thou take up what thou did not lay down, and reap what thou did not sow.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
20And another came, saying, Lord, behold thy mina, which I had put away in a napkin.
Cross References
Exodus 20:19And they said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear, but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
1 Samuel 12:20And Samuel said to the people, Fear not. Ye have indeed done all this evil, yet turn not aside from following LORD, but serve LORD with all your heart.
Job 21:14And they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of thy ways.
Malachi 3:14Ye have said, It is vain to serve God, and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before LORD of hosts?
Romans 8:7Because the mentality of the flesh is enmity against God, for it is not submissive to the law of God, for neither is it able.
2 Timothy 1:7For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of soberness.
Matthew Henry on Luke 19:12-28
The Nobleman and His Servants. 11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. 12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this… Read the whole commentary →