Luke 19:21
For I feared thee because thou art a harsh man: thou takest up what thou hast not laid down, and thou reapest what thou hast not sowed.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20And another came, saying, [My] Lord, lo, [there is] thy mina, which I have kept laid up in a towel.
Cross References
Exodus 20:19and 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 done all this wickedness; yet turn not aside from following Jehovah, and serve Jehovah with all your heart;
Job 21:14And they say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
Malachi 3:14Ye say, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we keep his charge, and that we walk mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
Romans 8:7Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God; for neither indeed can it be:
2 Timothy 1:7For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of wise discretion.
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 →