Luke 19:21

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

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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, saying: Lord, behold thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin.

22And he says to him: Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow?

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Cross References

Romans 8:7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it does not submit itself to the law of God, neither indeed can it;

2 Timothy 1:7For God did not give us a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of chastisement.

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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