Luke 19:21

for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you did not lay down, and reap that which you did 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

20Another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,

22"He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I did not lay down, and reaping that which I did not sow.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:19They said to Moses, "Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but do not let God speak with us, lest we die."

1 Samuel 12:20Samuel said to the people, "Do not be afraid. You have indeed done all this evil; yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.

Job 21:14They tell God, 'Depart from us,for we do not want to know about your ways.

Malachi 3:14You have said, 'It is vain to serve God;' and 'What profit is it that we have followed his instructions, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?

Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.

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