Luke 19:21 “For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw wha…”

Luke 19:21

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.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.’

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

For I feared thee, because thou art a straight man: thou takest vp, that thou layedst not downe, and reapest that thou diddest not sowe.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

for I was afraid of thee, because thou art an austere man; thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and reapest what thou didst not sow.

Bible in Basic English

Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed.

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Cross references

“I feared”

1 Samuel 12:20 Romans 8:15 2 Timothy 1:7 James 2:10 1 John 4:18 Exodus 20:19

1 Samuel 12:20 · BSB

“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

Romans 8:15 · BSB

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

2 Timothy 1:7 · BSB

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

James 2:10 · BSB

Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

1 John 4:18 · BSB

There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.

Exodus 20:19 · BSB

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

“because”

1 Samuel 6:19–21 2 Samuel 6:9–11 Ezekiel 18:25–29 Romans 8:7 Jude 1:15 Job 21:14

1 Samuel 6:19–21 · BSB

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.

2 Samuel 6:9–11 · BSB

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

Ezekiel 18:25–29 · BSB

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?

Romans 8:7 · BSB

because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

Jude 1:15 · BSB

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.”

Job 21:14 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

22His 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?

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