Luke 19:21

For I feared you, because you are an austere man: you take up that you layed not down, and reap that 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

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

22And he says unto him, Out of yours own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

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Cross References

Exodus 20:19And they said unto Moses, Speak you with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

1 Samuel 12:20And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: all of you have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;

Job 21:14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of your ways.

Malachi 3:14All of you have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

Romans 8:7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

2 Timothy 1:7For God has not given us the spirit (o. pneuma) of fear; but of power, and of love, (o. agape) and of a sound mind.

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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