Luke 19:21

for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding person. You take up what you did not put in, and you reap what you did not sow.'

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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 came, saying, 'Lord, here is your mina, which I kept safely in a cloth,

22The nobleman said to him, 'By your own words I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I am a demanding person, that I take up what I did not put in, and that I reaped what I did not sow.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:19They said to Moses, “Speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”

1 Samuel 12:20Samuel replied, “Do not be afraid. You have done all this evil, but do not turn away from Yahweh, but serve Yahweh with all your heart.

Job 21:14They say to God, 'Depart from us 1 for we do not wish any knowledge of your ways. 1

Malachi 3:14You have said, 'It is useless to serve God. What profit is it that we have kept his requirements or walked mournfully before Yahweh of hosts?

Romans 8:7The mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God, for it is not subject to God's law, nor is it able to do so.

2 Timothy 1:7For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and discipline.

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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