Luke 19:21

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man: you take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.'

Weymouth NT (1912)

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"The next came. "`Sir,' he said, `here is your pound, which I have kept wrapt up in a cloth.

22"`By your own words,' he replied, `I will judge you, you bad servant. You knew me to be 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 8:7Abandonment to earthly things is a state of enmity to God. Such a mind does not submit to God's Law, and indeed cannot do so.

2 Timothy 1:7For the Spirit which God has given us is not a spirit of cowardice, but one of power and of love and of sound judgement.

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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