"For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou did…" — Luke 19:21

Luke 19:21 · KJV

“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.”

— Luke 19:21

Verse 20

And another came, saying, Lord, behold, {here is} thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

Verse 22

And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, {thou} wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

Luke 19 — Context

And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.

And another came, saying, Lord, behold, {here is} thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

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.

And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, {thou} wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? {money: Gr. silver}

Cross References

Matthew 25:24-25

Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

Romans 8:7

Because the carnal mind {is} enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. {the carnal...: Gr. the minding of the flesh}

Exodus 20:19-20

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

2 Timothy 1:7

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Job 21:14-15

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

1 Samuel 6:19-21

And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten {many} of the people with a great slaughter.

James 2:10

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one {point}, he is guilty of all.

Jude 1:15

To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard {speeches} which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.