Luke 19:21

for I was afraid of you, because you are an austere man; you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.

Literal Standard Version

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, your mina, that I had lying away in a napkin;

22And he says to him, Out of your mouth I will judge you, evil servant: you knew that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow!

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Cross References

Exodus 20:19and say to Moses, “Speak with us, and we hear, and do not let God speak with us, lest we die.”

1 Samuel 12:20And Samuel says to the people, “Do not fear; you have done all this evil; only, do not turn aside from after YHWH—and you have served YHWH with all your heart,

Job 21:14And they say to God, Turn aside from us, || And the knowledge of Your ways || We have not desired.

Malachi 3:14You have said, A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, || Because of YHWH of Hosts?

Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh [is] enmity to God, for to the Law of God it does not subject itself,

2 Timothy 1:7for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

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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