Luke 19:21

"‘For I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take what you did not sow.’

Montgomery New Testament

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

20"And the next came to him and said, ‘Here master is your pound which I was keeping safe in a napkin.

22"He said to him, "‘By your own words I will Judge you, you wicked slave. You knew, did you, that I was a hard man taking up what I did not lay down, reaping what I did not sow.

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Cross References

Romans 8:7For to be earthly minded is enmity against God; For such a mind is not subject to the Law of God, Nor can it be;

2 Timothy 1:7For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but a spirit of power and of love and of self-control.

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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