Luke 19:21

—I feared you because you are a hard man, removing what you did not place, and reaping what you did not sow.’

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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 a different one came, saying: ‘Master, here is your mina, that I kept laid away in a piece of cloth

22So he said to him: ‘I will judge you out of your own mouth, you wicked slave! You knew that I am a hard man, removing what I did not place, and reaping what I did not sow.

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Cross References

Romans 8:7because the mindset of the flesh represents enmity against God, since it does not submit to God's law, nor indeed can it.

2 Timothy 1:7Because God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and of love and of 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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