Luke 19:21

American Standard Version

for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which thou layedst not down, and reapest that which thou didst not sow.

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Luke 19:21 in other translations

for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn’t lay down, and reap that which you didn’t sow.’

Luke 19:21 · World English Bible

Luke 19:21 in context

  1. 19And he said unto him also, Be thou also over five cities.
  2. 20And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin:
  3. 21for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which thou layedst not down, and reapest that which thou didst not sow.
  4. 22He saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that which I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow;
  5. 23then wherefore gavest thou not my money into the bank, and I at my coming should have required it with interest?