Luke 19:21

For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’

Berean Standard Bible

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

20Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.

22His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

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Cross References

Exodus 20:19“Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”

1 Samuel 12:20“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

Job 21:14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.

Malachi 3:14You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?

Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

2 Timothy 1:7For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

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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