Luke 19:21

For I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man; you take up that which you did not lay down, and reap that which you did not sow.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

In Context

20And another came and said: Lord, behold your pound, which I have kept laid away in a napkin.

22Then he said to him: Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a hard man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow.

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Cross References

Romans 8:7Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can it be.

2 Timothy 1:7For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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 →

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