Luke 19:21

For I feared you, because you are a severe man: you take up what you have not laid down, and reap what you did not sow.

Revised King James 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

20And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is your mina, which I have kept laid up in a handkerchief:

22And he said to him, Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a severe man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow:

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Cross References

Romans 8:7Because the mind set on the flesh is hostile to God: for it is not subject to the law of God, indeed it cannot be.

2 Timothy 1:7For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of self-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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