Luke 19:21

For I feared thee, because thou art a hard man, taking up what thou hadst not laid down, and reaping what thou sowedst not.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 the other came and said, My lord, behold thy mani which I have had with me, laid up in a napkin.

22He said to him, From thy own mouth I will judge thee, evil servant: thou didst know that I was a hard man, taking up what I had not laid down, and reaping what I sowed not:

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Cross References

Romans 8:7Because the mind of the flesh is enmity towards Aloha; for to the law of Aloha it is not subject, for it cannot be;

2 Timothy 1:7For Aloha hath not given to us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of 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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