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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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 →