Luke 19:21

For I feared thee, because thou art a harsh man; thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and reapest what thou didst 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

20And another came, saying, Lord, behold thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin.

22He saith to him, Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked servant! thou knewest that I was a harsh man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow;

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Cross References

Job 21:14And yet they say unto God, “Depart from us! We desire not the knowledge of thy ways!

Malachi 3:14Ye have said, “It is a vain thing to serve God”; And, “What profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, And that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?

Romans 8:7Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it doth not submit itself to the Law of God, neither indeed can it.

2 Timothy 1:7for God gave us not the spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of admonition.

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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