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.
Read in context2 Samuel 6:9–11
That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”
Read in context1 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.
Read in contextJob 21:14–15
Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
Read in contextExodus 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.”
Read in context2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
Read in contextEzekiel 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?
Read in contextJude 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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