Luke 19:21
For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou layedst not down, and reapest what thou didst not sow.
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In Context
20And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
Cross References
Exodus 20:19And they said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
1 Samuel 12:20And Samuel said to the people, Fear not: ye 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 to God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Malachi 3:14Ye 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 hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, 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 →