King James Version (KJV)
Luke 19:21
“‹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.›”
Verse in context — Luke 19
19
‹And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.›
20
‹And another came, saying, Lord, behold,› [here is] ‹thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:›
21
‹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.›
22
‹And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee,› [thou] ‹wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:›
23
‹Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?›
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