World English Bible
Luke 19:21
“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.”
Verse in context — Luke 19
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So he said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.
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Another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,
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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.
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He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that which I didn't sow.
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Then why didn't you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?
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