Luke 19:21

19 And to this one he said, ‘You shall have authority over five cities.’

20 Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.

For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’

22 His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

23 Why then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?’

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’
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.
WEB
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.’
ASV
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.
DARBY
For I feared thee because thou art a harsh man: thou takest up what thou hast not laid down, and thou reapest what thou hast not sowed.
BLB
For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.’
ÅB
for jeg fryktet for deg, fordi du er en streng mann; du tar opp det du ikke la ned, og høster det du ikke sådde.
OTB
for jeg var redd for deg, fordi du er en streng mann. Du tar ut det du ikke har lagt inn, og høster det du ikke har sådd.’
B1930
for jeg fryktet for dig, fordi du er en streng mann; du tar op det du ikke la ned, og høster det du ikke sådde.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 25:24–25

    Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

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  • 2 Samuel 6:9–11

    That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”

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  • 1 Samuel 6:19–21

    But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.

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  • Job 21:14–15

    Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.

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  • Exodus 20:19–20

    “Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”

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  • 2 Timothy 1:7

    For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

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  • Ezekiel 18:25–29

    Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

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  • Jude 1:15

    to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”

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