Luke 19:21
for I was afraid of thee, because thou art an austere man; thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and reapest what thou didst not sow.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20'And another came, saying, Sir, lo, thy pound, that I had lying away in a napkin;
Cross References
Exodus 20:19and say unto Moses, 'Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.'
1 Samuel 12:20And Samuel saith unto the people, 'Fear not; ye have done all this evil; only, turn not aside from after Jehovah — and ye have served Jehovah with all your heart,
Job 21:14And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.
Malachi 3:14Ye have said, 'A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of Jehovah of Hosts?
Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh [is] enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,
2 Timothy 1:7for God did not give us a 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 →