Then another slave appeared and said, ‘Look, master, here is your sum of money. I kept it [safely] wrapped up in a cloth,
Luke 19:21 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) for I was afraid of you, knowing you are a hard man to deal with and that you pick up [and keep] something you did not lay down [i.e., lose], and you harvest a crop that you did not plant.’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For I was [constantly] afraid of you, because you are a stern (hard, severe) man; you pick up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible I was afraid of you because you are a stern man. You withdraw what you haven’t deposited and you harvest what you haven’t planted.’ Catholic Public Domain Version For I feared you, because you are an austere man. You take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and thou reapest that which thou didst not sow. |
Then another slave appeared and said, ‘Look, master, here is your sum of money. I kept it [safely] wrapped up in a cloth,
The gentleman replied to him, ‘I will judge you [based] on what you [yourself] have [just] said, you evil slave. [Since] you knew that I am a hard man to deal with, picking up [and keeping] something I had not laid down, and harvesting a crop I had not planted,
For you did not receive the Holy Spirit, to enslave you again to fear, [Note: Some translators take “Holy Spirit” here to be “spirit,” making the verse say “you did not receive the spirit of slavery”], but you received the Holy Spirit [or, a spirit] by adoption [who produces] sonship, so we can call out, “Abba” [which means] “Father.”
This is because the one whose mind is [controlled] by the flesh is an enemy of God; for he is not obedient to God’s law, and in fact, cannot obey it.
For God did not give us a spirit [i.e., a disposition] that makes us cowards but one that gives us power and love and self-control.
For, whoever observes the entire law [of God] and yet breaks one requirement [of it], becomes guilty of [breaking] all of it.
There is no [reason for] fear if one [really] loves, but a complete love removes fear [from us] because fear produces punishment [i.e., mental anxiety], and the person who is [always] afraid does not have a complete love.
to bring judgment upon all [such people], and to convict every person of their ungodly behavior, which they have wickedly committed, and of all the evil things that [such] ungodly sinners have spoken against God.”