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Luke 19:21

I was afraid of you because you're a hard man. You take what doesn't belong to you, and you harvest what you didn't plant.’

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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

20Another servant came in and said, ‘Lord, look, here's your money back. I kept it safe, wrapped up in a cloth.

22‘I'll judge you by your own words,’ the king replied. ‘You know I'm a hard man, who as you say, takes what doesn't belong to me, and I harvest what I didn't plant.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:19“You speak to us, and we'll listen,” they said to Moses. “But don't let God speak to us, or we'll die.”

1 Samuel 12:20“Don't be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have indeed done all these evil things, don't give up following the Lord, but dedicate yourselves completely to worshiping him.

Job 21:14Yet they tell God, ‘Get lost! We don't want anything to do with you.

Malachi 3:14You have said, “What's the point of serving God? What benefit is there in keeping his commandments or going before the Lord Almighty with long faces?

Romans 8:7The sinful human mind is hostile to God because it refuses to obey the law of God—in fact it never can,

2 Timothy 1:7God didn't give us a spirit that makes us fearful, but a spirit of power and love and good sense.

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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