Luke 19:21
for I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’
In context
18 And the second came, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made five minas.’
19 And he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’
20 Then another came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief; 21 for I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’
22 He said to him, ‘I will condemn you with your own words, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow? 23 Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’ 24 And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has the ten minas.’
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Luke 19:21 in the 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.
- NIV New International Version
— Luke 19:21 in the NIV
I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.’